The Social Transformation of American Medicine: The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry
Autor Paul Starren Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 mai 2017
Considered
the
definitive
history
of
the
American
healthcare
system,The
Social
Transformation
of
American
Medicineexamines
how
the
roles
of
doctors,
hospitals,
health
plans,
and
government
programs
have
evolved
over
the
last
two
and
a
half
centuries.
How
did
the
financially
insecure
medical
profession
of
the
nineteenth
century
become
a
most
prosperous
one
in
the
twentieth
century?
Why
was
national
health
insurance
blocked?
And
why
are
corporate
institutions
taking
over
our
medical
care
system
today?
Beginning
in
1760
and
coming
up
to
the
present
day,
renowned
sociologist
Paul
Starr
traces
the
decline
of
professional
sovereignty
in
medicine,
the
political
struggles
over
healthcare,
and
the
rise
of
a
corporate
system.
Updated
with
a
new
preface
and
an
epilogue
analyzing
developments
since
the
early
1980s,
this
new
edition
ofThe
Social
Transformation
of
American
Medicineis
a
must-read
for
anyone
concerned
about
the
future
of
our
fraught
healthcare
system.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780465093021
ISBN-10: 0465093027
Pagini: 592
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Ediția:Revizuită
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
ISBN-10: 0465093027
Pagini: 592
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Ediția:Revizuită
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
Notă biografică
Paul
Starris
a
professor
of
sociology
and
public
affairs
at
Princeton
University
and
holds
the
Stuart
Chair
in
Communications
and
Public
Affairs
at
the
Woodrow
Wilson
School
of
Public
Affairs.
A
multiple
prize-winning
author
of
several
books
and
the
cofounder
and
coeditor
ofThe
American
Prospect,
Starr
lives
in
Princeton,
New
Jersey.
Recenzii
"The
definitive
social
history
of
the
medical
profession
in
America....A
monumental
achievement."—New
York
Times
Book
Review
"Superb sociology, superior history--and essential reading for anyone interested in the fate of American medicine."—Newsweek
"The most ambitious and important analysis of American medicine to appear in over a decade.... If you read only one book about American medicine, this is the one you should read."—Ronald Numbers, author ofThe Creationists: The Evolution of Scientific Creationism
"Superb sociology, superior history--and essential reading for anyone interested in the fate of American medicine."—Newsweek
"The most ambitious and important analysis of American medicine to appear in over a decade.... If you read only one book about American medicine, this is the one you should read."—Ronald Numbers, author ofThe Creationists: The Evolution of Scientific Creationism