Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. 1. Introduction 1
5. 2. The Eruption of the Physicians’ Union Movement 8
6. 3. Physicians’ Strikes tn the United States and Elsewhere 18
7. 4. Professionalism: Construction of the Concept 32
8. 5. The End of the Golden Age 39
9. 6. The Union’s Formative Years 48
10. 7. The Changing Environment in the 1980s 59
11. 8. The Deprofessionalization of Medicine? 64
12. 9. The Mature Organization 73
13. 10. Why a Union and Not a Professional Association? 87
14. 11. From Cottage Industry to the Modern Era: The Industrialization Model 97
15. 12. Postindustrial Work: A New Class of Workers 106
16. 13. Is It Legal for Doctors to Form Unions? 113
17. 14. What Does the UAPD Do for Its Members? 127
18. 15. A Physicians’ Union-Harbinger or Anomaly? 138
19. 16. Other Unions and Their Future 145
20. Bibliography 157
21. Index 173