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The Care of Strangers

The Rise of America's Hospital System

Charles E Rosenberg author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Published:1st Mar '95

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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.

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

ISBN: 9780801850820

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 658g

456 pages