Tension between moral authority and commerce has been present in healthcare since the days of Hippocrates. But lately that tension has intensified and it's wreaking havoc on patients and physicians alike. Pablo Gaston, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Michigan and the author of the new book "The Moral Economy of Care: Work and Power in the American Hospital", joins us to explain the origin and interplay of modern tensions in healthcare, and what happens when clinicians cede the high ground.
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Information about Pablo Gastón: https://lsa.umich.edu/soc/people/faculty/pablo-gaston.html
The Moral Economy of Care: https://www.sup.org/books/sociology/moral-economy-care
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