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The Reluctant Profession - Homoeopathy and the Search for Legitimacy

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  • Sarah Cant

    (Roehampton Institute)

  • Ursula Sharma

    (University of Derby)

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This paper examines a group of lay homoeopaths, represented by the Society of Homoeopathy, and traces the changes that have been made to their organisation, training and knowledge as they attempt to enhance their legitimacy in the eyes of the public, government and orthodox medical profession. The group has acquired a number of `professional' properties, but in so doing have reduced levels of freedom, marginalised factions within the group and failed to gain greater authority in the healthcare market. The homoeopaths themselves thus recognise that there are costs as well as benefits associated with their professional project and so they have undertaken many of the changes reluctantly.

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  • Sarah Cant & Ursula Sharma, 1995. "The Reluctant Profession - Homoeopathy and the Search for Legitimacy," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 9(4), pages 743-762, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:woemps:v:9:y:1995:i:4:p:743-762
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    1. Brosnan, Caragh, 2017. "Alternative futures: Fields, boundaries, and divergent professionalisation strategies within the Chiropractic profession," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 190(C), pages 83-91.

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