Soc Theory Paper

it is forever the doctors patient This paper will be discussing the struggle of confederate wellness practitioners to achieve professional status. This health issue can be discussed to a lower place many different sociological theories however Feminism in exceptional sociological/ Marxist feminism with touching on post ultramodern feminism also, shows great understanding around the health issues and gives an understanding of the management of health and health care in Australia.It explains how medical dominance in this field overrights the confederate health professional through subordination the all toldied health professionals existence under direct authority of doctors in the infirmary system in particular. Feminism also shows that in this field Allied health practioners are predominantly cleaning lady and medical professionals ease up a patriarchy over associate health and the sexual division of the two. in the end closing point of how many womens health issues in pa st and commit are again predominantly male.Medical dominance, the professional dominance of medicine collectable to doctors (Fridson 1970). Allied health profressionals struggle to apprehend professional status in the health industry, due(p) to the fact that doctors and medical professionals hold dominance and source over those knowledge based practioners in an area of a proper(postnominal) field. Medical dominance has a few areas in which it exerts control, subordination being a key area, it ensures some health care workers Eg Nurses, OTs etc all to work under direct authority of doctors, especially in hospital system (Willis 2004).Sociological feminism looks at the ruling class system, Medical professionals hold the hiearchy position or the upper class level with higher wealth, income financial backing and power, Allied health is placed in the lower class or the working class due to the fact that they are controlled or dominate by the upper class or the hiarchy or the ind ustry, as they receive less funding and have little control over receiving their patients due to the fact that doctors write the referrals for the clients to access the allied health professionals.Another issues amoungst allied health in the power struggle with medical dominance is the fact that well-nigh allied health positions are filled with females. Because of the informal role of woman was to be the carer ( Germov 2009), a woman is seen to this begun woman gaining positions as nurses or midwives, as these are seen as caring roles or womens jobs which then progessed to woman expanding into allied health positions as the access of education became greater to woman,