The recipient of extraordinary critical acclaim, this magisterial book provides a landmark account of American medical education in the twentieth century, concluding with a call for the reformation of a system currently handicapped by managed care and by narrow, self-centered professional interests. Kenneth M. Ludmerer describes the evolution of American medical education from 1910, when a muck-raking report on medical diploma mills spurred the reform and expansion of medical schools, to the current era of managed care, when commercial interests once more have come to the fore, compromising the training of the nation's future doctors. Ludmerer portrays the experience of learning medicine from the perspective of students, house officers, faculty, administrators, and patients, and he traces the immense impact on academic medical centers of outside factors such as World War II, the National Institutes of Health, private medical insurance, and Medicare and Medicaid. Most notably, the book explores the very real threats to medical education in the current environment of managed care, viewing these developments not as a catastrophe but as a challenge to make many long overdue changes in medical education and medical practice. Panoramic in scope, meticulously researched, brilliantly argued, and engagingly written, Time to Heal is both a stunning work of scholarship and a courageous critique of modern medical education. The definitive book on the subject, it provides an indispensable framework for making informed choices about the future of medical education and health care in America.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN-13
9780195181364
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96782401
Product Key Features
Author
Kenneth M. Ludmerer
Publication Name
Time to Heal: American Medical Education from the Turn of the Century to the Era of Managed Care
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Medicine, Coaching & Career Guidance
Publication Year
2005
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
540 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
233mm
Item Width
154mm
Item Weight
739g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Kenneth M. Ludmerer
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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