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Medicine In America: A Short History (The American Moment),New
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How Did The Challenge And The Timetable Of America'S Westward Expansion Affect American Medical Practice? What Have The Principles And Obligations Of American Democracy Brought To The Character Of American Medicine? How Have America'S Geography And Climate, As Well As Its Racial And Economic Diversity,Led To Differing Outlooks On Health And Medicine?Medicine In America James Cassedy Explores America'S Medical 'Distinctiveness' And Follows Medical And Healthrelated Matters From Colonial Times To The Present. Through Four Chronological Chapters, Cassedy Focuses On Broad Aspects Of The American Medical Scene: The Work And Ideas Of The 'Orthodox' Physician And The Formation Of America'S Medical Establishment; Non Establishment Health Activities, Including Selfmedication, Therapeutic Sects, And Organized Movements To Promote Nutrition And Fitness; The Healthrelated Sciences, Along With Their Institutions And Accomplishments; Governmental Involvement In Medical Care, Licensing, Research, Sanitation, And Public Health; And The Varying 'Health Environments' Of Rural, Small Town,Urban, And Transient Populations.As He Examines Events In The Context Of Political, Social, Economic, Industrial, And Other Historical Realities, Cassedy Shows The Rise Of Orthodox Medicine In The United States Through Its Increasing Professionalization And The Establishment Of Medical Institutions. He Follows The Expanding Role Of Government In The Advancement And Regulation Of Health Care, And The Explosion Of Public Health Problems That Accompanied Urbanization. He Also Explores How Regional, Racial, Social, And Economic Differences Determined Access To Healthcare. Medicine In America Is A Valuable Introduction That Links The History Of Medicine, Health, And Disease In The United States To The Larger Events In U.S. Social History.
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