The Social Transformation of American Medicine: The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry

  • Basic Books
  • 592 Seiten
  • 233 mm x 150 mm x 43 mm
  • Erscheinungsdatum: 30.05.2017
  • Artikelnummer 978-0-465-09302-1

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize in American History, The Social Transformation of American Medicine is a landmark history of the American health care system, examining how the roles of doctors, hospitals, health plans, and government programs has evolved over the last two centuries. Beginning in 1730 and coming up to the present day, renowned sociologist Paul Starr traces the transformation of our national health care system into a private corporate medical institution that dominates the field and threatens the sovereignty of the medical profession. In this new and revised edition, Paul Starr will bring his research up-to-date in a substantial 5,000 word epilogue.