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The Social Transformation of American Medicine: The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry
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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
"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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ISBN-13: | 9780465093021 |
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Publisher: | Basic Books |
Publication date: | 05/30/2017 |
Edition description: | Updated |
Pages: | 592 |
Sales rank: | 104,569 |
Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.70(d) |
Lexile: | 1440L (what's this?) |
About the Author
Paul Starr is a professor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton University and holds the Stuart Chair in Communications and Public Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public Affairs. A multiple prize-winning author of several books and the cofounder and coeditor of The American Prospect, Starr lives in Princeton, New Jersey.
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