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

Autor Paul Starr
en 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

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