The Social Transformation of American Medicine: The Rise Of A Sovereign Profession And The Making Of A Vast Industry

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Basic Books, 1984 M06 5 - 528 pages
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

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Contents

THE ROOTS OF AUTHORITY
9
STEPS IN A TRANSFORMATION
17
CHAPTER
30
Copyright

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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.

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