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The Social Transformation of American Medicine Paperback - 1984

by Paul Starr


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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. "The definitive social history of the medical profession in America....A monumental achievement."--H. Jack Geiger, M.D., New York Times Book Review

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  • Title The Social Transformation of American Medicine
  • Author Paul Starr
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 514
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Basic Books, New York
  • Date 1984-06
  • ISBN 9780465079353 / 0465079350
  • Weight 1.4 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.5 x 6 x 1.2 in (24.13 x 15.24 x 3.05 cm)
  • Reading level 1440
  • Library of Congress subjects Medical care - United States - History, History of medicine, Modern - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 81068412
  • Dewey Decimal Code 305.961

About the author

Paul Starr is Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University and its Woodrow Wilson School of Public Affairs. He is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Social Transformation of American Medicine and The Creation of the Media. Starr is the co-founder and editor of The American Prospect. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.
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