Description
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.
About the Author
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.
Reviews
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
Book Information
ISBN 9780801850820
Author Charles E. Rosenberg
Format Paperback
Page Count 456
Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Weight(grams) 658g
About the Author
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.
Reviews
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
Book Information
ISBN 9780801850820
Author Charles E. Rosenberg
Format Paperback
Page Count 456
Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Weight(grams) 658g
