num_pages: 528
description: 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
language: English
title: The Social Transformation of American Medicine: The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry
titlecomplete: The Social Transformation of American Medicine: The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry
genres: History Of Medicine, History, Medical, Sociology, Science, Health Care, Medicine, Health, Nonfiction, Politics
ratings_count: 1177
awards: awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: General Nonfiction, awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Bancroft Prize
publisher: Basic Books