Social Transformation of American Medicine : The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry

English

ISBN: 0465079350

EAN: 9780465079353

Category: Medical / Health Care Delivery

Publisher: Basic Books

Release Date: 01/31/1982

Synopsis: Winner of the 1983 Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize in American History, this is 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.The definitive social history of the medical profession in America....A monumental achievement.--H. Jack Geiger, M.D., New York Times Book Review

Awards: Bancroft Prize – null  Pulitzer Prize – null 

Social Transformation of American Medicine : The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry

Illustrated: No

Format: Paperback

Height: 1.35 inches

Width: 6.13 inches

Length: 9.25 inches

Weight: 25.04 oz

Pages: 528