McDonaldization: Health In A Fastfood Society
McDonaldization, is the term Ritzer derived from the McDonalds' fast
food chain to describe the state of our society. Ritzer claims our social
institutions have become completely dehumanized in the form of a bureaucracy.
Health care is an example of one institution that is characterized by the four
components of bureaucracy: efficiency, predictability, control and
quantification.
In the past, health care was more simplistic in nature. House calls
were no unheard of, and doctors knew all of their patients and their families on
a personal level. The doctor who delivered ....
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