Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the struggle over medical knowledge / Caragh Brosnan and Bryan S. Turner -- The hidden curriculum : a theory of medical education / Frederic W. Hafferty and Brian Castellani -- From classification to integration : Bernstein and the sociology of medical education / Paul Atkinson and Sara Delamont -- Pierre Bourdieu and the theory of medical education : thinking "relationally" about medical students and medical curricula / Caragh Brosnan -- The medical-school culture / Heidi Lempp -- Gender and medical education / Elianne Riska -- The inclusion of disabled people in medical education / Gary L. Albrecht -- The status of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in biomedical education : towards a critical engagement / Alex Broom and Jon Adams -- Evidence-based medicine and medical education / Stefan Timmermans and Neetu Chawla -- Crisis or renaissance? : a sociology of anatomy in UK medical education / Samantha Regan de Bere and Alan Petersen -- Bioethics and medical education : lessons from the United States / Carla C. Keirns, Michael Fetters, and Raymond De Vries -- Sociology in medical education / Graham Scambler -- Epistemology, medical science, and problem-based learning : introducing an epistemological dimension into the medical school curriculum / Margot L. Lyon -- Medical education and the American healthcare system / William C. Cockerham -- Tomorrow's doctors, a changing profession : reformation in the UK medical education system / Oonagh Corrigan and Ian Pinchen -- The challenges to achieving self-sufficiency in Canadian medical education / Ivy Lynn Bourgeault and Jennifer Aylward -- Innovations in medical education : European convergence, politics, and culture / Fred C.J. Stevens.

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