The Pattern Variables

Some Empirical Operations

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ID7598554
AuthorsLois R Dean (corresponding author)
Year1961
Volume26
Issue1
Pages80
Publication date1961-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Sociological Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-1224 • E-ISSN: 1939-8271
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/2090515
OpenAlexW2333300329
LanguageEN
Citations received5

Given this central need for theoretical development (not to mention the need for replication or the need for a more systematic identification of performance dimensions), perhaps the best way to close this paper is to acknowledge that it is a beginning. Nevertheless, we can claim significant progress: the pervasive interest of the sociologist in the social order of the hospital is neither a will-of-the-wisp nor a professional ritual; for it is here provisionally demonstrated that the stratification system makes a very real difference in medical performance. the interne's medical use of the nurse (e.g., asking for information on a patient's habits); a second group concerns interne errors (e.g., ordering an incorrect drug or dosage); and a third group concerns the basic professional stance of the physician (e.g., becoming emotionally disturbed over a patient's difficulty). These events are apparently sufficiently standardized (at least, in this hospital and with this method) so that they show only minor variation both across wards and across attitude types

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