Born: 18-Feb-1952

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Sociologist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Trusting Doctors

    University: London School of Economics (attended 1972-73)
    University: AB, Brandeis University (1974)
    University: MA Sociology, University of Pennsylvania (1975)
    University: PhD Sociology, University of Pennsylvania (1979)
    Assistant Professor: Sociology, Lehigh University (1980-81)
    Professor: Sociology, Wellesley College (1981-)
    Department Chair: Sociology, Wellesley College (1987-90)
    Department Chair: Sociology, Wellesley College (2001-05)

    American Association for the History of Medicine
    American Sociological Association
    Eastern Sociological Society
    Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy Trustee

Author of books:
Abortion and the Private Practice of Medicine (1986, social studies)
Trusting Doctors: The Decline of Moral Authority in American Medicine (2008, social studies)

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