Readings in American Health Care: Current Issues in Socio-historical PerspectiveWilliam G. Rothstein Univ of Wisconsin Press, 1995 - 412 páginas Readings in American Health Care is an introduction to the historical development and current status of a wide variety of health care topics. The readings, written by historians, sociologists, economists, physicians, nurses, and public health researchers, are organized in sections: - Basic Concepts: mortality trends, concepts of disease, changes in medical therapy - Public Health: AIDS, cigarette smoking, preventive medicine, fluoridation - Health Care Professions: cardiology, pathology, women in medicine, nursing, podiatry, midwives - Health Care Organizations: hospitals, HMOs - Mental Illness - Financing Health Care - Medical Education - Issues: abortion, ethical issues, cancer control, prenatal care, home care, the pharmaceutical industry - Background Readings: American medicine from 1920 to midcentury. The readings were chosen especially for course use in history, sociology, public health, and related fields, but can also provide useful background reading for anyone interested or involved in American health care. Each selection includes an introduction, questions for the reader, and a bibliography. Scholars and students alike will find the book an invaluable resource. |
Índice
What the People | 12 |
ORGANIZED MEDICINE AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH | 25 |
The Introduction of Physical Examinations | 40 |
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Companys | 53 |
BASIC CONCEPTS | 69 |
DISEASE AS A SOCIAL CONCEPT 87 18 | 87 |
CHANGES IN MEDICAL THERAPY DURING THE PAST | 100 |
PUBLIC HEALTH | 109 |
A Medical Care Specialty in Quest of Full Professional | 213 |
HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS | 237 |
The Desegregation of Southern | 254 |
MENTAL ILLNESS | 279 |
Myths and Realities | 295 |
FINANCING HEALTH CARE | 305 |
A History of Students and Patients | 325 |
IOWAS ABORTION BATTLES OF THE LATE 1960S | 345 |
The Fight over Fluoridation 1950 | 129 |
THE CIGARETTE RISK AND AMERICAN CULTURE | 138 |
Four Lessons from | 151 |
The Evolution of a Specialty in American Medicine | 177 |
Issues | 190 |
The Visiting Nurse Association | 359 |
ETHICAL ISSUES IN A SOCIAL CONTEXT | 392 |
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Readings in American Health Care: Current Issues in Socio-historical Perspective William G. Rothstein No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 1995 |
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Referencias a este libro
Sickness and Health in America: Readings in the History of Medicine and ... Judith Walzer Leavitt,Ronald L. Numbers Vista previa restringida - 1997 |