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Record Nr.

UNISA996247852403316

Autore

Starr Paul <1949->

Titolo

The social transformation of American medicine / / Paul Starr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Basic Books, , 1982

ISBN

1-5416-9858-4

0-465-09303-5

0-7867-2545-1

0-465-07934-2

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (529 p.)

Disciplina

305.9610973

305/.961/0973

Soggetti

Medical care - United States - History

Social medicine - United States - History

Physicians - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; BOOK ONE: A SOVEREIGN PROFESSION - The Rise of Medical Authority and the Shaping of the Medical System ; INTRODUCTION ; The Social Origins of Professional Sovereignty; CHAPTER ONE ; Medicine in a Democratic Culture, 1760-1850; CHAPTER TWO ; The Expansion of the Market; CHAPTER THREE; The Consolidation of Professional Authority, 1850-1930; CHAPTER FOUR ; The Reconstitution of the Hospital; CHAPTER FIVE ; The Boundaries of Public Health; CHAPTER SIX ;  Escape from the Corporation, 1900-1930

BOOK TWO: THE STRUGGLE FOR MEDICAL CARE - Doctors, the State, and the Coming of the Corporation CHAPTER ONE ; The Mirage of Reform; CHAPTER TWO ; The Triumph of Accommodation; CHAPTER THREE ; The Liberal Years; CHAPTER FOUR ; End of a Mandate; CHAPTER FIVE ; The Coming of the Corporation; Notes; Index