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Social Transformation of American Medicine: The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry  
Author: Paul Starr
ISBN: 0465079350
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
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Book Description
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.




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

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A landmark history of how the entire American health care system has evolved over the last two centuries.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

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.

FROM THE CRITICS

Charles McGrath

....This important book is written with wit, irony and great style. --The New York Times Books of the Century

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

"The definitive social history of the medical profession in America....A monumental achievement."  — Harper Collins - New Media

     



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