The medical metropolis : health care and economic transformation in Pittsburgh and Houston /

"This book traces how health care helped to build the postindustrial city into the "medical metropolis," a city where health care plays a dominant role in its economy and identity"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Simpson, Andrew T. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019.
Edition:1st edition
Series:American business, politics, and society.
Subjects:
Economic development > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh.
Economic development > Texas > Houston.
Medical care > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh.
Medical care > Texas > Houston.
Développement économique > Pennsylvanie > Pittsburgh.
Développement économique > Texas > Houston.
Soins médicaux > Pennsylvanie > Pittsburgh.
Soins médicaux > Texas > Houston.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Corporate & Business History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate & Business History
Economic development
Economic history
Medical care
Social conditions
Houston (Tex.) > Economic conditions.
Pittsburgh (Pa.) > Economic conditions.
Houston (Tex.) > Social conditions.
Pittsburgh (Pa.) > Social conditions.
Pennsylvania
Texas
Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh
Texas > Houston
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • ch. 1 Building Cities of Health: Medical Centers in Pittsburgh and Houston Before 1965
  • ch. 2 The Hospital-Civic Relationship in the Shadow of the Great Society
  • ch. 3 City of Hearts, City of Livers: Specially Medicine and the Creation of New Civic Identities
  • ch. 4 "When the Fire Dies": Biotechnology and the Quest for a New Economy
  • ch. 5 The Coming of the System: Changing Health Care Delivery in the Medical Metropolis
  • ch. 6 A Charitable Mission or a Profitable Charity? Redefining the Hospital-Civic Relationship.

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