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Medical Experts and the Decline in Trust

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a result, contemporary times, compared with historical periods has resulted in a time when this expertise is regarded with a greater scepticism. There are many examples, from the unquestioning  trust that once surrounded the medical profession, the implicate feeling that politicians and political ideals would be used honestly, even the role of priests and religious leaders has come into  question gaining a lower level of influence and respect. If we look to why this has happened and examples of how this has happened the change in class structure, increased  education and increased media reporting in volume and speed all have an impact. We are told that the time prior to the last war is seen as a golden age.  Although economically there has been problems, with a partial collapse of the economy, the class structure was secure and predicable. IT is subsequent to this more stable time that uncertainties  have been created for both the individual as well as the family. These surround the notion of class and well as gender (Woodward, 1999). Class mobility has changed, no longer  is it associated with a matter if birth, with increased education classes are now more mobile, and one generation is more likely to change the class they fit into more  so than at any time in the past. In addition to this there has also been an amendment in the social perceptions regarding the way that class is interpreted, becoming  a more materialistic view, with economic affluence increasing in some of the more traditional lower classes, blue collar work, or physical occupations are no longer only the realm of the  working class. Accompanying this what was seen as specialist knowledge is also more common. Overall, there is less mystery regarding life, more questioning occurring regarding the purpose of life, and