The Social Transformation of American Medicine (Revised Edition): The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry - Softcover

Starr, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0465093027 ISBN 13: 9780465093021

Publisher: Basic Books, 2017

Synopsis

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize in American History, The Social Transformation of American Medicine is a landmark history of the American health care system, examining how the roles of doctors, hospitals, health plans, and government programs has evolved over the last two centuries. Beginning in 1730 and coming up to the present day, renowned sociologist Paul Starr traces the transformation of our national health care system into a private corporate medical institution that dominates the field and threatens the sovereignty of the medical profession. In this new and revised edition, Paul Starr will bring his research up-to-date in a substantial 5,000 word epilogue.

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About the Author

Paul Starr is a professor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton University and its Woodrow Wilson School of Public Affairs. He is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Social Transformation of American Medicine and The Creation of the Media and the co-founder and editor of The American Prospect. Starr lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

Edition details

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0465093027
• ISBN 13: 9780465093021
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 592