Role model
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For other uses, see Role Model (disambiguation).
The term role model first appeared in Robert K. Merton's socialization research of medical students.[1] Merton hypothesized that individuals compare themselves with reference groups of people who occupy the social role to which the individual aspires.[1] The term has passed into general use to mean any "person who serves as an example, whose behaviour is emulated by others".[2]garcia
[edit] Physicians as role models
In the field of public health, considerable literature has developed on how physicians and other health care providers can model healthy behavior. [3] Physicians who smoke tobacco or drink alcohol and drive have come under particularly strong criticism from commentators who view the physician's role in society as unique. [4]
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- ^ a b Gerald Holton (4 December 2004). "Robert K. Merton - Biographical Memoirs" (PDF). Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 148 (4): 506–517. http://www.aps-pub.com/proceedings/1484/480411.pdf. Retrieved on 2007-08-07. "He developed a theory of the reference group (i.e., the group to which individuals compare themselves, which is not necessarily a group to which those individuals belong), and elaborated on the concepts of in-group and out-group.".
- ^ "Role model". Wiktionary. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/role_model. Retrieved on 2008-04-23.
- ^ Watts, M.S. Physicians As Role Models in Society, West J Med. 1990 March; 152(3): 292
- ^ Appel, J.M. Smoke and Mirrors: One Case for Ethical Obligations of the Physician as Public Role Model, Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, Volume 18, Issue 01, January 2009, pp 95-100
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