The DOs: Osteopathic Medicine in America

by Norman Gevitz

Overview

Though the first edition, originally his doctoral dissertation, has been continuously in print since 1982, medical historian Gevitz has watched it go out of date year by year, and decided to update it. He has added material, revised the narrative, corrected small errors, and added the new chapters In a Sea of Change and The Challenge of Distinctiveness, to bring his account up to the beginning of the millennium. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801878343
Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date:	04/13/2004
Edition description:	second edition
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.69(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Norman Gevitz is a professor of the history and sociology of medicine and the senior vice president—academic affairs at the A. T. Still University of Health Sciences. He is the editor of Other Healers: Unorthodox Medicine in America.

Table of Contents

	Preface & Acknowledgments	ix
Chapter 1	Andrew Taylor Still	1
Chapter 2	The Missouri Mecca	22
Chapter 3	In the Field	39
Chapter 4	Structure & Function	54
Chapter 5	Expanding the Scope	69
Chapter 6	The Push for Higher Standards	85
Chapter 7	A Question of Identity	101
Chapter 8	The California Merger	115
Chapter 9	Reaffirmation & Expansion	135
Chapter 10	In a Sea of Change	155
Chapter 11	The Challenge of Distinctiveness	171
	Notes	193
	Index	237

What People are Saying About This

James Whorton

Thoroughly researched and cogently written, The DOs is the definitive examination of the evolution of osteopathic medicine. This latest edition adds new detail to the story of the discipline's early years, while also bringing the profession's development into the twenty-first century.

From the Publisher

Thoroughly researched and cogently written, The DOs is the definitive examination of the evolution of osteopathic medicine. This latest edition adds new detail to the story of the discipline's early years, while also bringing the profession's development into the twenty-first century.
—James C. Whorton, University of Washington, author of The Arsenic Century: How Victorian Britain was Poisoned at Home, Work, and Play

James C. Whorton

Thoroughly researched and cogently written, The DOs is the definitive examination of the evolution of osteopathic medicine. This latest edition adds new detail to the story of the discipline's early years, while also bringing the profession's development into the twenty-first century.

Editorial Reviews

Gevitz has written an invaluable brief history of osteopathic medicine . . . An indispensable book that will be useful to any scholar in the field.

Isis - Charles E. Rosenberg

Lucid, thorough, and judicious . . . Gevitz has produced an excellent study.

Bulletin of the History of Medicine

A refreshing and balanced view of the osteopathic profession.

Osteopathic Annals

Gevitz has written an invaluable brief history of osteopathic medicine... An indispensable book that will be useful to any scholar in the field.

— Charles E. Rosenberg

Isis

An outstanding second edition, . . . bringing his history into the present and giving the reader a remarkably insightful understanding of osteopathic medicine and the challenges it faces today. A superbly written book, well researched, thoughtful, and enjoyable to read. Gevitz has made an important contribution to the canon of medical literature.
—Journal of the American Medical Association

Lucid, thorough, and judicious. Gevitz has produced an excellent study.
—Bulletin of the History of Medicine

The best historical study of the subject to date.
—American Scientist

Gevitz provides what may well be the definitive study.
—Journal of the American Medical Association

A refreshing and balanced view of the osteopathic profession.
—Osteopathic Annals

The most meticulous and careful study of the profession ever written by an outsider, and it is very useful.
—The DO

Entertaining, thoughtful, and interesting to read. Gevitz's history reminds us once again of the many factors that influence the division of labor in health care. For the illumination it provides on these matters, this well-written account should take its place as a major sourcebook on a small but important occupation.
—Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

Gevitz has written an invaluable brief history of osteopathic medicine . . . An indispensable book that will be useful to any scholar in the field.
—Charles E. Rosenberg, Isis

From the Publisher

The most meticulous and careful study of the profession ever written by an outsider, and it is very useful.

The DO

An outstanding second edition, . . . bringing his history into the present and giving the reader a remarkably insightful understanding of osteopathic medicine and the challenges it faces today . . . A superbly written book, well researched, thoughtful, and enjoyable to read. Gevtiz has made an important contribution to the canon of medical literature

JAMA

The best historical study of the subject to date.

American Scientist

Entertaining, thoughtful, and interesting to read. Gevitz's history reminds us once again of the many factors that influence the division of labor in health care. For the illumination it provides on these matters, this well-written account should take its place as a major sourcebook on a small but important occupation.

Policy and Law Journal of Health Politics

An outstanding second edition, . . . bringing his history into the present and giving the reader a remarkably insightful understanding of osteopathic medicine and the challenges it faces today. A superbly written book, well researched, thoughtful, and enjoyable to read. Gevitz has made an important contribution to the canon of medical literature.

Journal of the American Medical Association