Health Care in America

By Susan Reverby, S. Reverby, David Rosner

Subjects: History, Modern 1601-, Presidents, Politics and government, Medical care, united states, Gold standard, Modern History of medicine, Medical care, Political conventions, Election, Histoire, Social Medicine, Social medicine, Essays, National Democratic Party (U.S. : 1896-1900), Health Policy, Third parties (United States politics), History, Soins médicaux, Delivery of Health Care, Médecine sociale, Correspondence

Description: The essays in this collection have been written by a new generation of social historians who seek to ground the internal developments in medicine and health care in a political, social, and cultural matrix. Drawing upon the methodology of the new social history, the authors use oral history, hospital records, city directories, rank and file writings, as well as more traditional historical sources to examine the groups, institutions, and social movements which brought about changes in the American health system at particular historical moments. The essays in this volume address three themes of central concern to the health field: the shifting boundaries between professional and lay control over the definition of health and disease; the social and economic consequences of the changing focus of health care delivery; and the complex relationship between workers, professionals, and health care institutions. -- from Book Jacket