For the Sake of the Children
The Social Organization of Responsibility in the Hospital and the Home
Acknowledgments
1: Why We Need a Sociology of Responsibility
2: Life in Two Neonatal Intensive Care Units
3: What Do We Mean by Responsibility?
4: Responsibility as a Joint Enterprise: The Role of the State in the NICU and the Home
5: The Social Control of Parenting in the NICU
6: Novice Managers of Expert Labor: Parents as Agents of Social Control in the NICU
7: Beyond the NICU: Variations in the Acceptance of Long-Term Responsibility
8: Responsible Individuals in an Organizational World
Appendix on Methods
References
Index of Interviews
General Index
Society for the Study of Social Problems: C. Wright Mills Award
Honorable Mention
ASA Section on Medial Sociology: Eliot Freidson Award
Won
ASA Theory Section: The Theory Book Prize
Won
Sociology: General Sociology | Social Institutions
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