The Social Transformation of American Medicine


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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










Publications


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Public Health and the Risk Factor


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A risk factor is anything that increases the risk of disease in an individual.




Journal of the American Medical Association


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Includes proceedings of the association, papers read at the annual sessions, and lists of current medical literature.




Index of NLM Serial Titles


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A keyword listing of serial titles currently received by the National Library of Medicine.