Care of Strangers Rise Amer Hosp

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.

Author: Charles E. Rosenberg
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 03/01/1995
Pages: 456
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.48lbs
Size: 9.22h x 5.92w x 1.39d
ISBN: 9780801850820

About the Author
Rosenberg, Charles E.: - 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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