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Disabling professions

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Disabling Professions is a book/essay by Ivan Illich apparently published in a book (Illich et al, 1977) with a collection of related essays.

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Where does the recent shift to everything as a service fit? A further abstraction where all professions are seen as service providers. Hence expertise in service delivery (perhaps as opposed to management in early iterations) becomes the key skill.

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Illich, I., Zola, I. K., McKnight, J., Caplan, J., & Shaiken, H. (1977). Disabling Professions. Marion Boyars.