Grand narrative and its discontents: Medical history and the Social Transformation of American Medicine

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

Volumn 29, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 757-780

  Warner, John Harley ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; POLITICS; REVIEW; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL MEDICINE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIOLOGY;

HISTORIOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NARRATION; POLITICS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 8544281672     PISSN: 03616878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/03616878-29-4-5-757     Document Type: Review

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