"With a new epilogue by the author"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (pages 494-547) and index.
Contents:
Chapter five. The coming of the corporation. Introduction -- Chapter one. Medicine in a democratic culture, 1760-1850. -- Chapter two. The expansion of the market -- Chapter three. The consolidation of professional authority, 1850-1930 -- Chapter four. The reconstitution of the hospital -- Chapter five. The boundaries of public health -- Chapter six. Escape from the corporation, 1900-1930 -- Book two. The struggle for medical care. Chapter one. The mirage of reform -- Chapter two. The triumph of accommodation -- Chapter three. The liberal years -- Chapter four. End of a mandate -- Chapter five. The coming of the corporation.
Summary:
"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."-- Amazon.com.
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