The Politics of Community Medicine Projects

A conflict Analysis

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9103868
AutoresJEOFFRY B GORDOX (United States Public Health Service, autor correspondente)
Ano1969
Volume7
Fascículo6
Páginas419-428
Data de publicação1969-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMedical Care (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948
EditoraOvid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1097/00005650-196911000-00001
OpenAlexW1978676112
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas13
Referências citadas4

The community health center is a new institution which has been promoted by the Office of Economic Opportunity to provide health services to the poor, to establish an alternate model for medical practice, and to help reintegrate the poor into the mainstream of society. Among the barriers to the success of this innovation has been a lack of political realism on the part of many of the participants. A sociological analysis of the process of project evolution, demonstrating the many opportunities for controversy and conflict to develop, is presented. Inferences from conflict theory are presented to show how a sophisticated approach to controversy can expedite social change. If health professionals are to be involved in the wide range of social and physical ills of their patients they must be familiar with these strategies

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