Dados Bibliográficos

AUTOR(ES) Michael Calnan , Sarah L. Cant
ANO 1991
TIPO Artigo
PERIÓDICO Sociology of Health and Illness
ISSN 0141-9889
E-ISSN 1467-9566
EDITORA Sage Publications (United States)
DOI 10.1111/1467-9566.ep11340313
CITAÇÕES 2
ADICIONADO EM 2025-08-18
MD5 30bea7651367c369a56e89e066314700

Resumo

The aim of this paper, drawing on data from an exploratory, qualitative investigation of the perceptions of alternative practitioners, is to examine the role and position of non‐orthodox medicine within the medical market. It specifically looks at how alternative practitioners firstly 'experience' their position and secondly their perceptions and images of how it should be. Clearly, one of the key issues is how the position of alternative practitioners relates to the medical profession and how they manage to estblish and maintain their position. This question was looked at particularly in terms of whether alternative practitioners adopt the strategies used by other occupational groups in the pursuit of autonomy.

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