Divide and conquer
Subtitle: a comparative history of medical specialization
By: George Weisz.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 359
Subjects: Medicine -- Specialties and specialists -- History.; Specialties, Medical -- history -- Europe.; Specialties, Medical -- history -- United States.; Government Regulation -- history -- Europe.; Government Regulation -- history -- United States.; History, 19th Century -- Europe.; History, 19th Century -- United States.; History, 20th Century -- Europe.; History, 20th Century -- United States.; Specialism -- history -- Europe.; Specialism -- history -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The rise of specialties in early nineteenth-century Paris; title: Specialization and its opponents in London; title: Specialization in the German-speaking world; title: The rise of American specialties; title: Regulating specialists in national medical directories; title: Regulating specialists in Germany; title: Regulating specialists the American way; title: The French style of regulating specialists; title: Regulating specialists in the British manner; title: From divisions of medicine to specialties; title: Separating, combining and competing.