This widely acclaimed history traces every facet of the hospital's social and professional transformations. Many of today's obsessions with technology, rigid bureaucracy, and uncontrolled cost can be found in hospitals more than half a century ago. Illustrated.
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As more and more focus is placed on the need for change in the U.S. health system, it is vital to understand the historical roots of health care in America. Rosenberg provides us with an exceptionally thoughtful history of our hospital system. As one reads his book some twenty years after its publication, one realizes how prescient he was, and how relevant his book remains. The book is a very important one, and should be read by anyone considering health care reform in the U.S. I might add, finally, that it is very enjoyable to read.
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I read this book when I was considering returning to school for an MD. It gave me an excellent historical perspective on medicine in the US. A must for anyone interested in the history of medicine and in the changes taking place today in the health care system.
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In October of 1810, Ezra Stiles Ely, a newly ordained Presbyterian minister, began to preach in New York City's almshouse hospital. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Pennsylvania Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Civil War, Johns Hopkins, First World War, Florence Nightingale, Board of Governors, United States, Philadelphia Almshouse, Philadelphia General Hospital, University of Pennsylvania, Hartford Hospital, Episcopal Hospital, Cincinnati General Hospital, College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Historical Collections, Roosevelt Hospital, Benjamin Rush, Boston City Hospital, North Carolina, Boston Dispensary, Medical College of Virginia, Officer of Hygiene, Richard Cabot New!
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In October of 1810, Ezra Stiles Ely, a newly ordained Presbyterian minister, began to preach in New York City's almshouse hospital. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Pennsylvania Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Civil War, Johns Hopkins, First World War, Florence Nightingale, Board of Governors, United States, Philadelphia Almshouse, Philadelphia General Hospital, University of Pennsylvania, Hartford Hospital, Episcopal Hospital, Cincinnati General Hospital, College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Historical Collections, Roosevelt Hospital, Benjamin Rush, Boston City Hospital, North Carolina, Boston Dispensary, Medical College of Virginia, Officer of Hygiene, Richard Cabot New!
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- University of Pennsylvania (PA) (Campus History Series) by Amey A. Hutchins on 6 pages
- A Once Charitable Enterprise: Hospitals and Health Care in Brooklyn and New York 1885-1915 (Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modern History) by David Rosner on 5 pages
- The Therapeutic Revolution: Essays in the Social History of American Medicine by Morris J. Vogel in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Medicine and the Reign of Technology by Stanley Joel Reiser in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Hospital Management (History of American Nursing, vol 1) by Charlotte Albina Aikens in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- In Sickness and in Wealth: American Hospitals in the Twentieth Century by Rosemary Stevens on 5 pages
- Technology in the Hospital: Transforming Patient Care in the Early Twentieth Century by Joel D. Howell on 5 pages
- Preserve your Love for Science: Life of William A Hammond, American Neurologist (Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine) by Bonnie Ellen Blustein on 4 pages
- Explaining Epidemics: and Other Studies in the History of Medicine by Charles E. Rosenberg on 4 pages
- Medicine in the Twentieth Century by Roger Cooter on 4 pages
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