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The Fieldworker as Watcher and Witness
Author(s) -
Bosk Charles
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.2307/3560517
Subject(s) - witness , nothing , action (physics) , expert witness , moral dilemma , function (biology) , psychology , sociology , law , social psychology , political science , epistemology , philosophy , genetics , physics , quantum mechanics , biology
In a field like genetic counseling , a medical sociologist is not only a doctor‐watcher but a witness who tries to interpret the moral conflicts that lie beneath the surface of an advancing technology.