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Explaining Poverty: The Sociological Debate

Surgeons

Surgeons

The job of a surgeon is highly regarded and well compensated but requires years of training, long work hours, and high stress. Structural-functionalists argue that the high status that comes with the job acts as incentive for highly qualified people to pursue it.

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