The Social Transformation of American Medicine is a book written by Paul Starr and published by Basic Books in 1982.[1] It won the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction[2] as well as the Bancroft Prize.[3]
Capers Jones wrote, "Paul Starr's book detailed the attempts of the American Medical Association to improve academic training of physicians, establish a canon of professional malpractice to weed out quacks, and to improve the professional status of physicians."[4]
According to Lester S. King, the book "offers illumnation and stimulation to physicians and laymen alike and can serve as a reference for scholars. It will give a deeper insight into medical sociology, whose importance to modern life is constantly expanding."[5]
A second edition with a new epilogue by Starr was published in 2017.
References
edit- ^ Starr, Paul (1982). The Social Transformation of American Medicine. Basic Books. pp. 514 pages. ISBN 0-465-07935-0.
- ^ "Pulitzer Prize Winners: General Nonfiction" (web). pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2008-03-06.
- ^ "The Bancroft Prizes; Previous Awards". Columbia University Libraries. 2007. Archived from the original (web) on July 14, 2007. Retrieved 2008-03-06.
- ^ Software Engineering Best Practices, by Capers Jones, page xxvi
- ^ King, Lester S. (April 22, 1983). "review of The Social Transformation of American Medicine". JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. 249 (16): 2237. doi:10.1001/jama.1983.03330400081033.
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