The Social Transformation of American Medicine

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. more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-23-2009; A relevant history of medical care systems; This outstanding history of the system, or lack of it, of health care delivery in the USA is exceptionally relevant now, 2009, during the health care debates. It's a long, detailed book, but it's objective and well-referenced. Although...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-20-2009; A Physician's Must; I came across this book first as part of my academic studies and initially felt it to be purely historical with no basis for current public health implications. But, if you read the text fully and deliberate on the issues present the...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Apr-20-2009; The best history of medical economics we have.; I've read this book at least four times. I relied on it for A Brief History of Disease, Science and Medicine, my own book's chapter on medical economics. It ends before the period of for-profit HMOs, a pernicious influence, but it does...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-19-2009; Great read!; This book really is a well-crafted historical account of medicine and how the profession has changed over the last 300 years. It is so well written that it avoids the dry and monotonous tone other non-fiction books often have. It's a...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-23-2009; A relevant history of medical care systems; This outstanding history of the system, or lack of it, of health care delivery in the USA is exceptionally relevant now, 2009, during the health care debates. It's a long, detailed book, but it's objective and well-referenced. Although...; read full review | report as inappropriate