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The Social Transformation of American Medicine

Paul Starr
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  • Contents

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  • Frontmatter
  • Preface (page ix)
  • Acknowledgments (page xiii)
  • BOOK ONE A SOVEREIGN PROFESSION The Rise of Medical Authority and the Shaping of the Medical System
    • INTRODUCTION The Social Origins of Professional Sovereignty (page 3)
    • CHAPTER ONE Medicine in a Democratic Culture, 1760‒1850 (page 30)
    • CHAPTER TWO The Expansion of the Market (page 60)
    • CHAPTER THREE The Consolidation of Professional Authority, 1850‒1930 (page 79)
    • CHAPTER FOUR The Reconstitution of the Hospital (page 145)
    • CHAPTER FIVE The Boundaries of Public Health (page 180)
    • CHAPTER SIX Escape from the Corporation, 1900‒1930 (page 198)
  • BOOK TWO THE STRUGGLE FOR MEDICAL CARE Doctors, the State, and the Coming of the Corporation
    • CHAPTER ONE The Mirage of Reform (page 235)
    • CHAPTER TWO The Triumph of Accommodation (page 290)
    • CHAPTER THREE The Liberal Years (page 335)
    • CHAPTER FOUR End of a Mandate (page 379)
    • CHAPTER FIVE The Coming of the Corporation (page 420)
  • Notes (page 450)
  • Index (page 496)
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Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
PSQ 98.4 (1983-84): 708-709 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0032-3195%28198324%2F198424%2998%3A4%3C708%3ATSTOAM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-H
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Published: c1982
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN(s)
  • 9780465079346 (hardcover)
  • 9780786725458 (ebook)
  • 9780465079353 (paper)
Subject
  • American: General & Multiperiod
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