Sociology / Unit 4 Soc 0476 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Role Set
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The idea
A role set is the collection of different roles a single status carries toward different audiences.
In practice
One nurse's status carries distinct roles toward patients, toward families, toward physicians, and toward administrators.
Where people slip
Those separate audiences expect different things, which is exactly where the next two problems begin.
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