Title

Review: 'High Risk and High Stakes: Health Professionals, Politics and Policy'

Author(s)

Patrick G. Donnelly, University of DaytonFollow

Document Type

Book Review

Publication Date

9-1994

Publication Source

Social Forces

Abstract

Many studies of the law and policy creation process examine the efforts of particular interest groups and coalitions to influence the views and votes of legislators. Wysong focuses on the role of professional associations, specifically associations of health care professionals, in the legislative debate over the High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act, an example of what is most commonly known as "right-to-know" legislation.

The ethical codes and service-oriented goals of professions suggest that associations of professionals might act differently than interest groups. Wysong shows that the core groups in debates over health and safety legislation recognize that their arguments may be suspect in the eyes of some legislators because of their vested interests. Both unions and business groups seek political allies from other, peripheral groups (i.e., professional associations), which are perceived as more neutral, unbiased, and politically independent.

Inclusive pages

346-347

ISBN/ISSN

0037-7732

Document Version

Postprint

Comments

The document provided for download is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Social Forces following peer review. The version of record is available online using the link provided in this item's record in the repository.

Permission documentation is on file.

Copyright

Copyright © 1994, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Department of Sociology

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Volume

73

Issue

1

eCommons Citation

Donnelly, Patrick G., "Review: 'High Risk and High Stakes: Health Professionals, Politics and Policy'" (1994). Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work Faculty Publications. 45.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/soc_fac_pub/45