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To examine how social control mechanisms can regulate health care organizations in the face of declining professional autonomy.

The Social Control of Organizations in the Health Care Area

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Analysis of social control in health care, suggesting mechanisms for oversight and governance.

To examine how social control mechanisms can regulate health care organizations in the face of declining professional autonomy.
Analyzes available data on health care professionals and their influence.
Discusses belief patterns influencing control mechanisms in health care organizations.
Explores interrelationships among health care organizations and consumers.
Identifies a decline in health care professionals' autonomy.
Highlights the shift in decision-making from professionals to larger organizations.
Proposes three belief patterns: nonprofit motives, interrelationships, and consumer diversity.

M David Ermann (1977) studied this question.

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