The Social Transformation of American Medicine: The rise of a sovereign profession and the making of a vast industry
Book Features
- Author: Paul Starr
- Language: English
- ISBN10: 0465079350
Book Overview
>>>Winner of the 1983 Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize in American Background, this is a landmark history of how the complete American well being care system of physicians, hospitals, wellness plans, and government programs has evolved over the final two centuries….
Categories: Administration & Policy
Great history of American medicine,
For anyone interested in the healthcare as a profession or area of study, I can’t recommend this book highly enough. Despite the 20 years since its publication, Paul Starr’s Pulitzer prize winner is…
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|Why the US has a private health care system,
This Pulitzer Prize winning history of American Medicine does a lot to explain why the domain of public health is so small in the U.S., and why health in the U.S. is mostly a private, as opposed to…
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|Read this to understand American healthcare.,
Since this book was written in 1985, I have used it to teach medical students about the changes in American healthcare. The last chapter, “The Coming of the Corporation,” forecasts what…
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