The Social Transformation of American Medicine
The Social Transformation of American Medicine won 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.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Year
- 1984
- ISBN-13
- 9780465079353
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- History of medicineAmerican healthcare systemMedical profession
Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for General NonfictionWonMajor(1984)
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