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Professional Power

Professional Power is a form of expert-derived influence within healthcare organizations that derives from specialized knowledge, clinical expertise, and credentialing, distinguishing it from hierarchical or administrative authority by grounding legitimacy in professional competence and regulated standards of practice.

395

Publications

32.3K

Citations

707

Authors

351

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

49

Parents

Publications

395

The System of Professions: An Essay on the Division of Expert Labor.

Pamela S. Tolbert, Andrew Abbott · Administrative Science Quarterly · 1990 · 5.7K citations

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The Professionalization of Everyone?

Harold L. Wilensky · American Journal of Sociology · 1964 · 2.4K citations

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Professionalism Reborn: Theory, Prophecy and Policy.

Christine Parker, Eliot Freidson · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1995 · 1.3K citations

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Medical Power and Social Knowledge.

William Ray Arney, Bryan S. Turner · Social Forces · 1990 · 908 citations

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Power Relations in Qualitative Research

Orit Karnieli‐Miller, Roni Strier, Liat Pessach · Qualitative Health Research · 2008 · 623 citations

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Authors

707

  1. EF
    Eliot Freidson

    New York University, United States

    6 publications · 2.1K citations

    6

    h-index

  2. GC
    Graeme Currie

    University of Warwick, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 1.1K citations

    5

    h-index

  3. RS
    Rod Sheaff

    University of Manchester, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 197 citations

    5

    h-index

  4. GM
    Graham Martin

    University of Leicester, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 722 citations

    4

    h-index

  5. MR
    Marie R. Haug

    Case Western Reserve University, United States

    3 publications · 456 citations

    3

    h-index

1–5 of 707

Institutions

351

  1. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    10 h-index

    11 publications

    387 citations

  2. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    29 publications

    1.2K citations

  3. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    451 citations

  4. Western University

    London, Canada

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    155 citations

  5. University of Nottingham

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    877 citations

  6. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    431 citations

  7. University of Leicester

    Leicester, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    1K citations

  8. King's College London

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    198 citations

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Venues

  1. Sociology of Health & Illness

    14 publications · 762 citations

    14

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 9 publications · 860 citations

    9

    h-index

  3. Social Science & Medicine

    6 publications · 312 citations

    6

    h-index

  4. Journal of Health and Social Behavior

    6 publications · 582 citations

    6

    h-index

  5. Human Relations

    6 publications · 552 citations

    6

    h-index

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