Evan Willis has written widely in the field of medicine, health care and society, and his study will interest not only sociologists concerned with health, illness and the labour process and practitioners in the various health professions, but it will provide a rich source of material for social historians. Medical Dominance was a winner of the Jean Martin Award for the Best Australasian Thesis in Social Theory and Research over a two year period.

• 1 Introduction 2 Theoretical considerations 3 The rise of medicine: the pre-scientific 4 Technical and political process in the rise of scientific medicine 5 The subordination of midwifery 6 The limitation of optometry 7 The exclusion of chiropractic 8 Conclusion Postscript: the politics of medical dominance.

Evan Willis has written widely in the field of medicine, health care and society, and his study will interest not only sociologists concerned with health, illness and the labour process and practitioners in the various health professions, but it will provide a rich source of material for social historians. Medical Dominance was a winner of the Jean Martin Award for the Best Australasian Thesis in Social Theory and Research over a two year period.

• 1 Introduction 2 Theoretical considerations 3 The rise of medicine: the pre-scientific 4 Technical and political process in the rise of scientific medicine 5 The subordination of midwifery 6 The limitation of optometry 7 The exclusion of chiropractic 8 Conclusion Postscript: the politics of medical dominance.

Evan Willis has written widely in the field of medicine, health care and society, and his study will interest not only sociologists concerned with health, illness and the labour process and practitioners in the various health professions, but it will provide a rich source of material for social historians. Medical Dominance was a winner of the Jean Martin Award for the Best Australasian Thesis in Social Theory and Research over a two year period.

• 1 Introduction 2 Theoretical considerations 3 The rise of medicine: the pre-scientific 4 Technical and political process in the rise of scientific medicine 5 The subordination of midwifery 6 The limitation of optometry 7 The exclusion of chiropractic 8 Conclusion Postscript: the politics of medical dominance.