Our Present Complaint: American Medicine, Then and Now

by Charles E. Rosenberg and Charles E Rosenberg

Book Overview

Charles E. Rosenberg, one of the world's most influential historians of medicine, presents a fascinating analysis of the current tensions in American medicine. Situating these tensions within their historical and social contexts, Rosenberg investigates the fundamental characteristics of medicine: how we think about disease, how the medical profession thinks about itself and its moral and intellectual responsibilities, and what prospective patients-all...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080188716X
• ISBN13: 9780801887161
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.6" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 to 22 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary