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Barber, Bernard.Informed Consent in Medical Therapy and Research. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1980.
Barber, Bernard. “Beyond Parsons’ Theory of the Professions.” In Jeffrey Alexander, ed.Neofunctionalism. Beverly Hills, Calif.: Sage Publications, 1985.
Berlant, Jeffrey L.Profession and Monopoly. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1975.
Freidson, Eliot.Professional Dominance. New York: Atherton, 1970.
Parsons, Talcott. “The Professions and Social Structure.”Social Forces 17 (1939).
Parsons, Talcott.The Social System. Glencoe, Ill.: The Free Press, 1951.
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He has published a dozen books on social stratification, the sociology of science, trust, and the ethics of professionals. His books include The Logic and Limits of Trustand, most recently, Effective Social Science: Eight Cases from Economics, Political Science, and Sociology.
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Barber, B. Doing well by doing good?. Society 25, 3–6 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02695617
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