In this extensively researched history of medical schools, William Rothstein, a leading historian of American medicine, traces the formation of the medical school from its origin as a source of medical lectures to its current status as a center of undergraduate and graduate medical education, biomedical research, and specialized patient care. Using a variety of historical and sociological techniques, Rothstein accurately describes methods of medical education from one generation of doctors to the next, illustrating the changing career paths in medicine. At the same time, this study considers...
In this extensively researched history of medical schools, William Rothstein, a leading historian of American medicine, traces the formation of the me...
Provides an introduction to the historical development and current status of various health care topics. The book is organised in sections: basic concepts; public health; health care professions; health care organisations; mental illness; financing health care; and medical education.
Provides an introduction to the historical development and current status of various health care topics. The book is organised in sections: basic conc...
Provides an introduction to the historical development and current status of various health care topics. The book is organised in sections: basic concepts; public health; health care professions; health care organisations; mental illness; financing health care; and medical education.
Provides an introduction to the historical development and current status of various health care topics. The book is organised in sections: basic conc...
Paper edition, with a new preface, of a 1972 work. The author, a sociologist, explains how ...19th-century medicine did not disappear; it evolved into modern medicine...; and he discusses such topics as active versus conservative intervention, reciprocity between physicians and the public in adopt
Paper edition, with a new preface, of a 1972 work. The author, a sociologist, explains how ...19th-century medicine did not disappear; it evolved into...
