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The Social Transformation of American Medicine: The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry

Paul Starr

How did American doctors gain such authority and income, and why does the United States still have no national health insurance?

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At a glance

Author
Paul Starr

Why read it

  • You will understand why Americans came to trust doctors after being wary of them
  • You will see how insurers, employers and governments gain power by standing between patient and doctor
  • You will learn why hospitals became the centre of medical care and why corporations now play a growing role

Who it is for

  • A health policy worker asking why American care looks as it does
  • A doctor or nurse curious how their profession gained its standing
  • A citizen puzzled by insurance bills and corporate medicine

Contents

  1. PREFACE
  2. Book One: A Sovereign Profession: The Rise of Medical Authority and the Shaping of the Medical System
  3. Book Two: The Struggle for Medical Care: Doctors, the State, and the Coming of the Corporation

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