Close Friendship Networks in Medical School: The Uncertainty Problem

DOI: 10.5176/2251-1865_CBP18.67

Authors: Mary J. Gallant

Abstract: Following Emile Durkheim’s (1897; 1951[1922]) position regarding anomie and expressions of it like uncertainty as not referring to a state of mind but themselves representing a property of social structure, the research referred to in this paper used indicators of close friendship networks, knittedness and relative centrality, to explore medical school training in a panel study design of the first two years of the program. (Abstract)

Keywords: uncertainty; friendship networks; knittedness; relative centrality