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Remaking the American patient : how Madison Avenue and modern medicine turned patients into consumers /

In a work that spans the 20th century, Nancy Tomes questions the popular idea that in order to get good health care, people must learn to shop for it, as she explores the consequences of the consumer economy and American medicine having come of age at exactly the same time.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tomes, Nancy, 1952- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
Colección:Studies in social medicine.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:In a work that spans the 20th century, Nancy Tomes questions the popular idea that in order to get good health care, people must learn to shop for it, as she explores the consequences of the consumer economy and American medicine having come of age at exactly the same time.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 538 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-518) and index.
ISBN:9781469622798
1469622793
9781469622781
1469622785