Whereas patients in the past were expected to be patient, grateful, passive and docile - many of today's patients are assertive, demanding, impatient and insistent. So, what has happened?

Talcott Parsons, professor of Sociology, will deliver the first of two lectures on "The Doctor-Patient Relationship," to be presented Feb. 3 and 10 at 5 p.m. in the ampitheatre of Building D at the ...

Writers and sociologists who have denounced increasing conformity in American society received some quiet criticism yesterday afternoon from Talcott Parsons, professor of Sociology. Complex social ...