The professions of science in America: their ambivalent history

Science started to become professionalized in the United States during the Jackson~an period. A principal aim of professionalization was to secure the goals and standards of research from interference by laymen by the institutionalization of scientific autonomy. Then and since, the scientific professions have sought to legitimate themselves by promising various quid pro quos to the society in exchange for the privilege of autonomy. The promises have included the claim that the study of science would foster morally disinterested habits of thinking and that the results of research would lead to practical., material benefit. Since the turn of the century, the claims of legitimation have in many respects been substantially validated, and the scientific professions have grown and prospered. But the very success of science, particularly after it became a favored ward of the federal government, combined with the arrangements of autonomy to provoke popular resentment and, in the era of Vietnam, rebellion. The turmoil revealed that the American scientific professions, at once respected and suspected, esoteric yet indispensable, were destined to live in tension with the larger society indefinitely

Maximizing the Potential of the Social Work Team: Some Organizational and Professional Considerations

The effective use of different kinds and levels of personnel is a major concern of the social work profession at the present time. A 1974 policy statement of the National Association of Social Workers recognizes several levels of practitioner engaged in the provision of social services: (1) the social service aide who has no formal training; (2) the social service technician who has an associate degree in a social service field or a bachelor\u27s degree in a field other than social work; (3) the social worker with a BSW degree; (4) the graduate social worker with an MSW degree; (5) the certified social worker who is a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers (ACSW); and (6) the social work fellow who has a doctorate or substantial specialized experience beyond the ACSW.

Workers\u27 Compensation in Michigan: Costs, Benefits and Fairness: A Report to Governor James J. Blanchard\u27s Cabinet Council on Jobs and Economic Development from Theodore J. St. Antoine, Special Counselor on Workers\u27 Compensation

On September 14, 1983, Governor James J. Blanchard issued the following statement and charge in appointing Theodore J. St. Antoine as Special Counselor on Workers\u27 Compensation: In the past two decades, workers\u27 compensation has been the subject of much discussion and debate among all segments of the industrial community and the several branches of state government in Michigan. During this period, three separate commissions have engaged in extensive analysis of the Michigan Workers\u27 Compensation Law. In 1980, and again in 1981, substantial amendments were added to the statute. Nonetheless, the controversy over this system continues. Important and deserving interests are at stake. The employee who is the victim of industrial accident or disease is entitled to prompt, reasonable compensation. The employer who must pay should be burdened with no more than fair and appropriate costs. The public generally must be assured of a vibrant, competitive economy in this State

Glenda W. Giles v. Utah Labor Commission, Oakridge Country Club and/or Workers Compensation Fund; Employers Reinsurance Fund; Wasatch Crest Mutual Insurance; IRS; Adecco, f/k/a TAD Technical Services and/or Liberty Mutual Insurance; Constiutional State Service Co.; ACE USA/Pacific Employers Insurance Co : Brief of Respondent

BRIEF OF RESPONDENTS WORKERS COMPENSATION FUND AND OAKRIDGE COUNTRY CLUB WRIT OF REVIEW FROM AN ORDER OF THE LABOR COMMISSION OF UTAH

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Can the United States Afford a “No-Fault” System of Compensation for Medical Injury?

One of the key issues separating US critics of a no-fault alternative to the tort system for compensating victims of medical injury from supporters is its anticipated cost. Results from a study are presented that estimate the costs of a no-fault system, one that is similar to the system now in operation in Sweden, within the context of the US health care system