Winner of 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. The definitive social history of the medical profession in America...A monumental achievement. ,H. Jack Geiger, M.D., New York Times Book Review
Product Identifiers
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group
ISBN-10
0465079350
ISBN-13
9780465079353
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96830540
Product Key Features
Author
Paul Starr
Format
Trade Paperback (United Kingdom), Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Medical Nursing & Ancillary Services
Dimensions
Weight
708g
Height
235mm
Width
159mm
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
NY
Spine
30mm
Prizes
Winner of Pulitzer Prize General Non-Fiction Category 1984.
Author Biography
Paul Starr is Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University and its Woodrow Wilson School of Public Affairs. He is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Social Transformation of American Medicine and The Creation of the Media. Starr is the co-founder and editor of The American Prospect. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.