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More copies of this ISBN:The Social Transformation of American Medicineby Paul Starr
AwardsWinner of the 1983 Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize in American History
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher 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 Review:"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 Review:"Superb sociology, superior history — and essential reading for anyone interested in the fate of American medicine." Newsweek About the Author Paul Starr is Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University and its Woodrow Wilson School of Public Affairs. He is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Social Transformation of American Medicine and The Creation of the Media. Starr is the co-founder and editor of The American Prospect. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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