514 pages
English language
Published Nov. 9, 1982 by Basic Books.
The social transformation of American medicine
by Paul Starr
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An esoteric, intelligent, and scholarly book on how the industry of medicine in the US. If you really want to understand how medicine has become a business instead of a noble profession is understandable after this must read book. You can pretend to have an understanding or you can actually know what you are talking about. This book is well researched and referenced but does not read as an academic treatise.
Subjects
- Medical care -- United States -- History
- Social medicine -- United States -- History
- Physicians -- United States -- History
- History of medicine, Modern -- United States