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Boken handlar om det svenska medicinska faltets framvaxt fran medeltid till 1990-tal med fokus pa tre av dess yrken som varit aktiva dar namligen lakare, sjukskoeterskor och biomedicinska analytiker (tidigare laboratorieassistenter). Boecker som handlar om professioner har ofta fokus pa ett yrke eller en viktig institution men det finns ingen bok som beskriver det stoerre sociala professionella medicinska faltet oever tid. Att analysera framvaxten av ett professionellt falt innebar att foersta de sociala processer som pagar i bildandet av t.ex. professionell kunskap, makt och social ordning. Varfoer har lakaryrket sa hoeg status? Hur kommer det sig att vissa yrken har makt oever andra? Vad innehaller den medicinska vetenskapen foer slags professionellt kunnande? Var gar gransen foer kvacksalveri och vem bestammer den? Det ar nagra av fragorna som denna bok foersoeker besvara genom en professionssociologisk analys.
Boken ger oeverblick och visar pa hur framvaxten av den svenska staten och sarskilt halso- och sjukvardssystemet, tidiga organisatoriska traditioner, socialt mobiliseringsarbete och skapandet av en gemensam kognitiv bas sammantaget bade stimulerar och avgransar moejligheter foer vissa yrkesgruppers professionalisering inom faltet. Den bidrar till en foerdjupad foerstaelse av professioner som nagot mer an den vardagliga meningen av yrke. Boken riktar sig till saval professionsforskare och universitetsstuderande som verksamma inom det medicinska faltet med intresse foer professioner och maktstrukturer.
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The book deals with the rise of the professional medical field in Sweden during Middle Ages to 1990s with special focus on the professions which have been active in the field, doctors, nurses and biomedical analysts (previous laboratory assistants). Often books about professions focus on one profession or one important institution but there are none covering the wider professional medical field over time. The analysis of the professional field departs from acknowledging the social processes which are profound in the development of professional knowledge, power and social order. Why has the medical profession such high status? How come that certain professions have powers over others? What kind of professional knowledge does the medical science contribute with? These are some of the questions this book is aiming to answer, using theory from the tradition of sociology of professions.
The book gives an overview of the development of the Swedish state and the healthcare system in particular. In addition, it analyses how early organizational traditions, social mobilization and the creation of a common cognitive base both stimulate and limit opportunities for occupations and their professionalization within the field. It contributes to a deepened knowledge about professions which extends the everyday meaning of an occupation. Potential readers are researchers within sociology of professions, university students and professionals within the medical field who have interest in professions and power structures.
