Open moments and surprise endings: Historical agency and the workings of narrative in The Social Transformation Of American Medicine

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

Volumn 29, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 621-642

  Klein, Jennifer ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; POLITICAL SYSTEM; REVIEW; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOLOGY;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE, UNITED STATES; POLITICS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 8544226946     PISSN: 03616878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/03616878-29-4-5-621     Document Type: Review

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