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9 Burnside Health and Medicine- History of Medicine

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The Social Transformation of American Medicine

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Awards

Winner of the 1983 Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize in American History
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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

A landmark history of how the entire American health care system of doctors, hospitals, health plans, and government programs has evolved over the last two centuries.

Review:

"This volume is, as its author tells us, actually two books in one. The first is a social history of the rise in authority of the medical profession. The second is an examination of medicine's transformation into an industry and the role of corporations and the state in medical economics. Starr deals with such historical and contemporary issues as why Americans, who were distrustful of medical authority in the 19th century, became devoted to it in the 20th, and why we have no U. S. national health insurance program. One of the great values of this broad and comprehensive work is that it examines the various roads not taken in the development of American health-care systems; Starr would not be sorry, he writes, if his analyses of these roads 'served as a reminder that the past had other possibilities, and so do we today.' This volume serves that purpose admirably." Reviewed by Daniel Weiss, Virginia Quarterly Review (Copyright 2006 Virginia Quarterly Review)

Review:

"The definitive social history of the medical profession in America....A monumental achievement." New York Times Book Review

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"If you read only one book about American medicine, this is the one you should read." Science

Review:

"A tour de force — a provocative, insightful study that is both scholarly and readable." New England Journal of Medicine

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"Superb sociology, superior history — and essential reading for anyone interested in the fate of American medicine." Newsweek
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About the Author

Paul Starr is professor of sociology at Princeton University.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780465079353
Author:
Starr, Paul
Author:
Starr
Publisher:
Basic Books (AZ)
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Public Health
Subject:
History
Subject:
Sociology - General
Subject:
Medical care
Subject:
Physicians
Subject:
Social medicine
Subject:
History of medicine, Modern -- United States.
Subject:
History of medicine, Modern.
Subject:
Health Care Delivery
Subject:
Medical care -- United States -- History.
Subject:
General Medical
Subject:
Health and Medicine-History of Medicine
Copyright:
1984
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Series Volume:
1321
Publication Date:
19840631
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
528
Dimensions:
9.25 x 6.13 in 25 oz
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Product details 528 pages Basic Books - English 9780465079353 Reviews:
"Review" by , "The definitive social history of the medical profession in America....A monumental achievement."
"Review" by , "If you read only one book about American medicine, this is the one you should read."
"Review" by , "A tour de force — a provocative, insightful study that is both scholarly and readable."
"Review" by , "Superb sociology, superior history — and essential reading for anyone interested in the fate of American medicine."
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