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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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 of The Creationists: The Evolution of Scientific Creationism

"The definitive social history of the medical profession in America....A monumental achievement."--New York Times Book Review

Book Description:

"The definitive social history of the medical profession in America....A monumental achievement."-New York Times Book Review

About this edition

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