Publication

1982 - Basic Books, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

128,500 words, Guess

Page Count

514 pages

Identifiers

and 4 more

Classifications

  • LCCRA395.A3 S77 1982
  • DDC305/.961/0973

Description

An esoteric, intelligent, and scholarly book on how the industry of medicine in the US. If you really want to understand how medicine has become a business instead of a noble profession is understandable after this must read book. You can pretend to have an understanding or you can actually know what you are talking about. This book is well researched and referenced but does not read as an academic treatise.

Description

Winner of the 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.

Subjects

Topics

MEDICALHistoryWz 70 aa1362.10973Physicians2017 h-091Medical care

Places

Other Editions

  • The social transformation of American medicineBasic Books1982-01-01

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