What is the source of this quotation from Eliot Freidson?

"...in the United States, the physician is not so much part of the
hospital as the hospital is part (and only one part)of the physician's
practice."

This quotation appears without a reference on page 229 of a text book
"Health Services Management: Readings and Commentary" eds. Anthony
Kovner and Duncan Neuhauser, 2001, ISBN 1-56793-145-6.

Hi jstou-ga,

Thanks for your question.

The quote comes from a chapter (called Patterns of Practice in the
Hospital) in the book, "Profession of Medicine: A Study of the
Sociology of Applied Knowledge." The complete citation is below:

"Profession of Medicine: A Study of the Sociology of Applied
Knowledge," by Eliot Freidson. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1970,
p. 115. ISBN: 006042205X

The passage you quoted is preceded by, "I wish to emphasize a fact
that is frequently overlooked in discussios of the organization and
operation of hospitals. In circumstances most commonly studied . . . "

Search strategy:
I went to a medical library and did an author search on Eliot
Friedson. I then leafed through several of the books looking for
chapters or passages relating to anything that looked like it might
apply to the quote.

I hope this answers your question. If you need additional information,
please request clarification before rating my answer and I'll do my
best to assist you.

Regards,
luciaphile-ga

Great answer and truly appreciate the manual labor involved in looking
through a series of books for brief quotation.  Just wish all books
were electronic to speed up the information retrieval.

Eliot Freidson probably wrote that in his book "The hospital in modern society".