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Readings In American Health Care: Current Issues In Socio-Historical Perspective de William G. Rothstein

Readings In American Health Care: Current Issues In Socio-Historical Perspective

Autor William G. Rothstein
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 oct 1995
Readings in American Health Care is an introduction to the historical development and current status of a wide variety of health care topics. The readings, written by historians, sociologists, economists, physicians, nurses, and public health researchers, are organized in sections:
•    Basic Concepts: mortality trends, concepts of disease, changes in medical therapy
•    Public Health: AIDS, cigarette smoking, preventive medicine, fluoridation
•    Health Care Professions: cardiology, pathology, women in medicine, nursing, podiatry, midwives
•    Health Care Organizations: hospitals, HMOs
•    Mental Illness
•    Financing Health Care
•    Medical Education
•    Issues: abortion, ethical issues, cancer control, prenatal care, home care, the pharmaceutical industry
•    Background Readings: American medicine from 1920 to midcentury.

    The readings were chosen especially for course use in history, sociology, public health, and related fields, but can also provide useful background reading for anyone interested or involved in American health care. Each selection includes an introduction, questions for the reader, and a bibliography. Scholars and students alike will find the book an invaluable resource.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780299145347
ISBN-10: 0299145344
Pagini: 426
Dimensiuni: 178 x 229 x 41 mm
Greutate: 0.7 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: University of Wisconsin Press
Colecția University of Wisconsin Press

Recenzii

 “Rothstein’s introductions to each selection provide historical context and direct students to the selection’s salient themes and hypotheses. There are fine suggestions for additional reading, and the study questions are a useful mix of the factual and the thought-provoking. ”—Stuart Galishoff, Georgia State University

“Intended for advanced undergraduate and graduate-level students.”
—Journal of Economic Literature

Notă biografică

William G. Rothstein is professor of sociology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He is the author of American Physicians in the Nineteenth Century: From Sects to Science and American Medical Schools and the Practice of Medicine.

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Readings in American Health Care is an introduction to the historical development and current status of a wide variety of health care topics. The readings, written by historians, sociologists, economists, physicians, nurses, and public health researchers, are organized in sections:
•    Basic Concepts: mortality trends, concepts of disease, changes in medical therapy
•    Public Health: AIDS, cigarette smoking, preventive medicine, fluoridation
•    Health Care Professions: cardiology, pathology, women in medicine, nursing, podiatry, midwives
•    Health Care Organizations: hospitals, HMOs
•    Mental Illness
•    Financing Health Care
•    Medical Education
•    Issues: abortion, ethical issues, cancer control, prenatal care, home care, the pharmaceutical industry
•    Background Readings: American medicine from 1920 to midcentury.

    The readings were chosen especially for course use in history, sociology, public health, and related fields, but can also provide useful background reading for anyone interested or involved in American health care. Each selection includes an introduction, questions for the reader, and a bibliography. Scholars and students alike will find the book an invaluable resource.