The social transformation of American medicine / / Paul Starr

• Autore: Starr Paul <1949->
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Basic Books, , 1982
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (529 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.9610973; 305/.961/0973
• Soggetto topico: Medical care - United States - History; Social medicine - United States - History; Physicians - United States - History
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The social transformation of American medicine
• ISBN: 1-5416-9858-4; 0-465-09303-5; 0-7867-2545-1; 0-465-07934-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996247852403316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno