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KMID : 0904520190510010007
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Health and Medical Sociology
2019 Volume.51 No. 1 p.7 ~ p.14
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Current Trends and Prospects of Health Professions and their Occupational Professionality in Korea
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Sohn Ae-Ree
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Abstract
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This article is to outline and introduce several sociological researches on health professions, the theme of this special edition. The health professions are a group of occupations developed in the 20th century, being operated on the basis of high skill and knowledge, gaining prestigious social status and consequently drawing high sociological attention. Evaluations on characteristics and developmental process of medical professions are varied from different theoretical perspectives. However, many recent analyses pointed out the declining social status of medical professions. The recent trend of theoretical analysis explains this phenomena as operation of countervailing powers or sovereignty dispute and adjustment. Using these concepts, this article introduces three studies on the development possibility of occupational professionality of physicians, pharmacists and physical therapists. Finally, additional issues to be studied in the future are also discussed.
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KEYWORD
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health professions, countervailing powers, sovereignty, occupational professionality
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