Social Transformtn Amer MedWinner of the 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. |
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Dependence and Legitimacy | 9 |
STEPS IN A TRANSFORMATION | 17 |
Medicine in a Democratic Culture 17601850 30 | 30 |
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