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Record Nr.

UNISA996247982503316

Autore

Ludmerer Kenneth M

Titolo

Time to heal : American medical education from the turn of the century to the era of managed care / / Kenneth M. Ludmerer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999

ISBN

1-280-52971-7

9786610529711

0-19-535341-2

1-4294-0456-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (541 p.)

Disciplina

610.7117309

610/.71/1730904

Soggetti

Medical education - United States - History - 20th century

Education - United States - History - 20th century

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; Introduction; Part I: Fulfilling the Social Contract: Medical Education as a Public Trust and the Capture of Public Confidence; Part II: Medical Education in the Era of the Multiversity: The Growth of Research and Service in a Period of Abundance; Part III: Breaking the Social Contract: The Erosion of University Values, the Decline of Public-Spiritedness, and the Beginning of the Second Revolution in Medical Education; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This text aims to provide a framework within which informed choices can be made regarding the future of medical education and health care in America.