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James A. Schafer - The Business of Private Medical Practice: Doctors, Specialization, and Urban Change in Philadelphia, 1900-1940 - 9780813561752 - V9780813561752
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The Business of Private Medical Practice: Doctors, Specialization, and Urban Change in Philadelphia, 1900-1940

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Unevenly distributed resources and rising costs have become enduring problems in the American health care system. Health care is more expensive in the United States than in other wealthy nations, and access varies significantly across space and social classes. James A. Schafer Jr. shows that these problems are not inevitable features of modern medicine, but instead reflect the informal organization of health care in a free market system in which profit and demand, rather than social welfare and public health needs, direct the distribution and cost of crucial resources.

The Business of Private Medical Practice is a case study of ... Read more

Illustrated with numerous maps of the Philadelphia neighborhoods he studies, Schafer’s work helps underscore the role of economic self-interest in shaping the geography of private medical practice and the growth of medical specialization in the United States.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813561752
SKU
V9780813561752
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About James A. Schafer
JAMES A. SCHAFER JR. is an assistant professor in the history department at the University of Houston. His work examines the social, political, and economic history of American medicine and health care.

Reviews for The Business of Private Medical Practice: Doctors, Specialization, and Urban Change in Philadelphia, 1900-1940
"Schafer's book beautifully explicates the geography of private medical practice in Philadelphia, telling us about the evolution of medicine in the fast-changing city and lending perspective on the conditions that shape the business of medicine in America today." 
Christopher Crenner
Robert Hudson and Ralph Major Chair, History of Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine
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