The Care of Strangers Charles E. Rosenberg (Ernest E. Monrad Professor in the Social Sciences, Harvard University)

Name: The Care of Strangers By Charles E. Rosenberg (Ernest E. Monrad Professor in the Social Sciences, Harvard University)
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The Care of Strangers by Charles E. Rosenberg (Ernest E. Monrad Professor in the Social Sciences, Harvard University)

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A history of the American hospital system, from the time of Jefferson's administration when they were largely charitable institutions working for the poor, through to the 20th century when hospitals became centres of learning and the primary care site for most citizens.

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The Care of Strangers: The Rise of America's Hospital System by Charles E. Rosenberg (Ernest E. Monrad Professor in the Social Sciences, Harvard University)

This widely acclaimed history traces every facet of the hospital's social and professional transformations. Many of today's obsessions with technology, rigid bureaucracy, and uncontrolled cost can be found in hospitals more than half a century ago. Illustrated.

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An elegantly written book that broadens the history of hospitals and places it squarely within the larger field of American social history. -- Virginia G. Drachman American Historical Review

About Charles E. Rosenberg (Ernest E. Monrad Professor in the Social Sciences, Harvard University)

Charles E. Rosenberg is the Ernest E. Monrad Professor in the Social Sciences and a professor of the history of science at Harvard University. He is the author of The Cholera Years: The United States in 1832, 1849, and 1866; The Care of Strangers: The Rise of America's Hospital System; and No Other Gods: On Science and American Social Thought.

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CIN0801850827G

ISBN 13

9780801850820

ISBN 10

0801850827

Title

The Care of Strangers: The Rise of America's Hospital System by Charles E. Rosenberg (Ernest E. Monrad Professor in the Social Sciences, Harvard University)

Author

Charles E. Rosenberg (Ernest E. Monrad Professor in the Social Sciences, Harvard University)

Condition

Used - Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Johns Hopkins University Press

Year published

1995-03-01

Number of pages

456

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