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

• Record Nr.: UNISA996247982503316
• Autore: Ludmerer Kenneth M
• 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.

Domestic preparedness against terrorism : how ready are we? : hearing before the Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relations of the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session, March 27, 2000

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910689458203321
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (iv, 172 p.)
• Soggetti: Terrorism - United States - Prevention; Emergency management - United States; Civil defense - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia