Transforming American Medicine: A Twenty-Year Retrospective on the Social Transformation of American Medicine Volume 29 Contributor(s): Wailoo, Keith (Author) |
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ISBN: 0822366061 ISBN-13: 9780822366065 Publisher: Duke University Press
Binding Type: Paperback Published: September 2004 Click for more in this series: Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Medical - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare |
Dewey: 362 |
Series: Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law |
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.73" W x 9.31" L (1.49 lbs) 488 pages |
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Publisher Description: "I am especially grateful for these nineteen essays . . . because they are so substantial. . . . This collection has proved to be neither a funeral pyre nor a festschrift for The Social Transformation of American Medicine], and it has taught me much about the subject and the reception of my work that I did not know." --Paul Starr, excerpted from his conclusion in "Transforming American Medicine: A Twenty-Year Retrospective on The Social Transformation of American Medicine" Paul Starr's Controversial Vision Despite its undeniable import, Starr's book still provokes argument and strong reaction on all sides, and the question that has puzzled readers since the grand synthesis appeared remains: whether to praise or to criticize it. According to historian Keith Wailoo, health lawyer Timothy Stoltzfus Jost, and political economist Mark Schlesinger, coeditors of "Transforming American Medicine: A Twenty-Year Retrospective on The Social Transformation of American Medicine," a new special double issue of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, the answer appears to be to do both. How Does the Vision Hold Up? With American medicine and health care now at another crossroads--a relentless rise in medical spending on one side, and a persistent sense that Americans are not getting good value for their health care dollar on the other--the issues that Starr originally highlighted (the rise of medical authority and the elaborate dance among doctors, the state, and the corporation) are still of vital importance. "Transforming American Medicine: A Twenty-Year Retrospective on The Social Transformation of American Medicine" vigorously continues the discussion of medicine's past, present, and future that Starr's book set in motion. Contributors. Gloria J. Bazzoli, Lawrence P. Casalino, Stefan Gildemeiste |
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