Grand Rounds: One Hundred Years of Internal Medicine (Anniversary Collection) - Hardcover

 
9780812280807: Grand Rounds: One Hundred Years of Internal Medicine (Anniversary Collection)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0812280806 ISBN 13: 9780812280807
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1988

Synopsis

The history of medicine has come to occupy a significant place in our understanding of modern society and the American cultural fabric. To fully understand and appreciate American medicine in the twentieth century one must contend with the twin processes of specialization and professionalization. Grand Rounds considers the critical period for these two processes, the years between World War I and the Vietnam era. A diverse group of contributors (clinicians as well as historians and "participant-observers") outline broad themes involved in the evolution of modern internal medicine and trace the origins of sub­specialties such as cardiology, gastroenterology, rheumatology, infectious diseases, and nephrology. Paul Beeson, Rosemary Stevens, and others discuss the literature, diagnostic approaches, and therapeutic research in the field.
Grand Rounds will be of interest to historians of science and medicine, students of American civilization, and medical practitioners.

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About the Author

Russell C. Maulitz is Professor of Family, Community, and Preventive Medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine. Diana E. Long was Director of the Francis C. Wood Institute of the College of Physicians in Philadelphia and Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date
1988
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0812280806
ISBN 13 
9780812280807
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
384
Editor
Maulitz Russell C., Long Diana E.