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Queen of the Professions
The Rise and Decline of Medical Prestige and Power in America
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2014
Summary
American medicine is under serious attack. The health care system is falling short of its major goal, improving the health of the population. The United States ranks only 35th in world life expectancy. But where American medicine arguably remains at a pinnacle in the world – in the status, wealth and power of the profession of medicine -- physicians are in danger of losing first rank. As other professions close the gap, their top economic position is threatened. Slippage may be measured also by other, less quantifiable factors, such as the highest prestige of physicians among all learned occupations.
Queen of the Professions: The Rise and Decline of Medical Prestige and Power in America is a colorful yet authoritative work of social history offering readers a sturdy platform from which to confront looming issues about the future of American medical care. Its unique perspective brings crucial context to current debates about modern medicine, exploring in entertaining detail its historical foundations and its present and future challenges.
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Copyright year
2014
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-2630-2
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-2631-9
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
198
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments and Preface No access
Introduction No access
1 Swearing by Apollo No access
2 The Levant No access
3 Physicians, Barbers, and “Old Wives” No access
4 Hospitals or Hospices? No access
5 Gifts from the Sister Sciences No access
6 Acolytes and Apprentices No access
7 Starting with Salerno No access
8 From Sacrilege to Science No access
9 Three Paths Leading to Modern Medical Education No access
10 Money Talks No access
11 High Tech, Low Touch? No access
12 A Sacred Trust No access
13 First, Do No Harm No access
14 The Physician as Gentleman No access
15 Balancing Individual and Public Benefit No access
16 Gods No More No access
17 Collisions of Cultures No access
18 Cures, at Last! No access
19 The Conundrum of Insurance No access
20 Expanding Access to the Physician’s Role No access
