American Medicine and the Public Interest: Updated Edition with a New Introduction

American Medicine and the Public Interest: Updated Edition with a New Introduction
ISBN-10
0520210093
ISBN-13
9780520210097
Category
Medical
Pages
578
Language
English
Published
1998
Publisher
Univ of California Press
Author
Rosemary Stevens

Description

This reissue offers an opportunity to consider the state of the American health care system. The text chronicles the development of the medical profession and shows how increasing emphasis on specialization has influenced medical education and public policy. It details specialization's effects on health care costs and on health care providers, as well as the implications of technology and the resulting ethical dilemmas, the issues of insurance, and many people's limited access to care.

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