The Social Transformation of American Medicine: The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry
By (author): "Paul Starr"
Publish Date:
1982
ISBN0465079350
ISBN139780465079353
AsinThe Social Transformation of American Medicine: The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry
Original titleThe Social Transformation of American Medicine
Winner of the 1983 Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize in American History, this is a landmark history of how the entire American health care system of doctors, hospitals, health plans, and government programs has evolved over the last two centuries."The definitive social history of the medical profession in America....A monumental achievement."—H. Jack Geiger, M.D., New York Times Book Review