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

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

"A monumental achievement" (New York Times) and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize...
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Author: Paul Starr
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Language: English
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The Social Transformation of American Medicine: The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry by Starr, Paul

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

$47.50
The Social Transformation of American Medicine: The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry by Starr, Paul

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

$47.50
Author: Paul Starr
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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"A monumental achievement" (New York Times) and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize in American History, this is a landmark history of the American health care system.

Considered the definitive history of the American health care system, The Social Transformation of American Medicine examines how the roles of doctors, hospitals, health plans, and government programs have evolved over the last two and a half centuries. How did the financially insecure medical profession of the nineteenth century become a prosperous one in the twentieth? Why was national health insurance blocked? And why are corporate institutions taking over our medical system today? Beginning in 1760 and coming up to the present day, renowned sociologist Paul Starr traces the decline of professional sovereignty in medicine, the political struggles over health care, and the rise of a corporate system.

Updated with a new preface and an epilogue analyzing developments since the early 1980s, The Social Transformation of American Medicine is a must-read for anyone concerned about the future of our fraught health care system.


Author: Paul Starr
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 05/30/2017
Pages: 592
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.00w x 1.60d
ISBN: 9780465093021

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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