The social transformation of American medicine

Paul Starr Paul Starr First published 1982

About this book

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.

Subjects

  • 2017 h-091
  • 362.10973
  • health care delivery
  • history
  • history, modern 1601-
  • history of medicine
  • history of medicine, modern
  • history--united states
  • medical
  • medical care
  • medical care--history
  • medical care--united states--history
  • medical--health care delivery
  • medical--history
  • modern history of medicine
  • physicians
  • physicians--history
  • physicians--united states--history
  • ra395.a3 s77 2017
  • social medicine
  • social medicine--history
  • social medicine--united states--history
  • united states
  • wz 70 aa1