American Medicine and the Public Interest

by Rosemary Stevens

Book Overview

The reissue of Rosemary Stevens's groundbreaking book on the growth of medical specialties offers a new opportunity to consider the state of the American health care system. Updated with an extensive new introduction and a new bibliography, Stevens's book chronicles the development of the medical profession and shows how increasing emphasis on specialization has influenced medical education and public policy. She details specialization's effects on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520210093
• ISBN13: 9780520210097
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 600 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"