Caragh Brosnan is a Research Associate in the Centre for Biomedicine and Society at King’s College London. She completed her doctoral thesis, 'The Sociology of Medical Education: the struggle for legitimate knowledge in two English medical schools', at the University of Cambridge in 2007.Bryan S. Turner was Professor of Sociology at the University of Cambridge (1998-2005) and at the National University of Singapore (2005-2009). He is currently the Alona Evans Distinguished Visiting Professor of Sociology at Wellesley College, US. He has published The New Medical Sociology (2004) and The Body and Society (2008).

"Much has changed in both medical sociology and medical education since the classic studies of the 1950s. Brosnan and Turner's distinguished team of international scholars reinvigorate the sociological contribution to debates about what sorts of doctors we need and how medical schools can best produce them." -Robert Dingwall, Professor and Director Institute for Science and Society, University of Nottingham, UK "Sociological research has a long and proud tradition in studying medical education. Brosnan and Turner provide a great service by bringing together for the first time an outstanding array of international sociological experts focusing on issues related to medical education. This book is destined to be a benchmark in the study of medical education and a valuable contribution to medical sociology. I recommend it highly." - Peter Conrad, Brandeis University, USA "This is a splendid book. Brosnan and Turner have assembled a state of the art overview of the sociology of medical education which will stimulate further research on this important dynamic domain." - Steven Wainwright, Professor and Co-Director Centre for Biomedicine & Society (CBAS), King's College London, UK This book does what it sets out to do very well. It engages in important issues and offers thoughtful reflection on them. It should find a wide audience, suitable as it is for a range of academic courses and for general reading. MARY RUGGIE Harvard University

• Introduction Part 1: Theoretical Perspectives Part 2: Key Issues: Medical Students and Medical Knowledge Part 3: Medical Education in National Contexts

Caragh Brosnan is a Research Associate in the Centre for Biomedicine and Society at King’s College London. She completed her doctoral thesis, 'The Sociology of Medical Education: the struggle for legitimate knowledge in two English medical schools', at the University of Cambridge in 2007.Bryan S. Turner was Professor of Sociology at the University of Cambridge (1998-2005) and at the National University of Singapore (2005-2009). He is currently the Alona Evans Distinguished Visiting Professor of Sociology at Wellesley College, US. He has published The New Medical Sociology (2004) and The Body and Society (2008).

"Much has changed in both medical sociology and medical education since the classic studies of the 1950s. Brosnan and Turner's distinguished team of international scholars reinvigorate the sociological contribution to debates about what sorts of doctors we need and how medical schools can best produce them." -Robert Dingwall, Professor and Director Institute for Science and Society, University of Nottingham, UK "Sociological research has a long and proud tradition in studying medical education. Brosnan and Turner provide a great service by bringing together for the first time an outstanding array of international sociological experts focusing on issues related to medical education. This book is destined to be a benchmark in the study of medical education and a valuable contribution to medical sociology. I recommend it highly." - Peter Conrad, Brandeis University, USA "This is a splendid book. Brosnan and Turner have assembled a state of the art overview of the sociology of medical education which will stimulate further research on this important dynamic domain." - Steven Wainwright, Professor and Co-Director Centre for Biomedicine & Society (CBAS), King's College London, UK This book does what it sets out to do very well. It engages in important issues and offers thoughtful reflection on them. It should find a wide audience, suitable as it is for a range of academic courses and for general reading. MARY RUGGIE Harvard University

• Introduction Part 1: Theoretical Perspectives Part 2: Key Issues: Medical Students and Medical Knowledge Part 3: Medical Education in National Contexts

Caragh Brosnan is a Research Associate in the Centre for Biomedicine and Society at King’s College London. She completed her doctoral thesis, 'The Sociology of Medical Education: the struggle for legitimate knowledge in two English medical schools', at the University of Cambridge in 2007.Bryan S. Turner was Professor of Sociology at the University of Cambridge (1998-2005) and at the National University of Singapore (2005-2009). He is currently the Alona Evans Distinguished Visiting Professor of Sociology at Wellesley College, US. He has published The New Medical Sociology (2004) and The Body and Society (2008).

"Much has changed in both medical sociology and medical education since the classic studies of the 1950s. Brosnan and Turner's distinguished team of international scholars reinvigorate the sociological contribution to debates about what sorts of doctors we need and how medical schools can best produce them." -Robert Dingwall, Professor and Director Institute for Science and Society, University of Nottingham, UK "Sociological research has a long and proud tradition in studying medical education. Brosnan and Turner provide a great service by bringing together for the first time an outstanding array of international sociological experts focusing on issues related to medical education. This book is destined to be a benchmark in the study of medical education and a valuable contribution to medical sociology. I recommend it highly." - Peter Conrad, Brandeis University, USA "This is a splendid book. Brosnan and Turner have assembled a state of the art overview of the sociology of medical education which will stimulate further research on this important dynamic domain." - Steven Wainwright, Professor and Co-Director Centre for Biomedicine & Society (CBAS), King's College London, UK This book does what it sets out to do very well. It engages in important issues and offers thoughtful reflection on them. It should find a wide audience, suitable as it is for a range of academic courses and for general reading. MARY RUGGIE Harvard University

• Introduction Part 1: Theoretical Perspectives Part 2: Key Issues: Medical Students and Medical Knowledge Part 3: Medical Education in National Contexts