The Care of Strangers: The Rise of America's Hospital System

Front Cover
Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995 - History - 437 pages
1 Review
Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified
A history of the American hospital system, from the time of Jefferson's administration when they were largely charitable institutions working for the poor, through to the 20th century when hospitals became centres of learning and the primary care site for most citizens.

What people are saying - Write a review

Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified

The care of strangers: the rise of America's hospital system

User Review  - Not Available - Book Verdict

As hospitals are now an intrinsic part of health-care delivery, the information in Rosenberg's well-researched , carefully documented book may astonish readers. It traces the modern hospital from its ... Read full review

References to this book

About the author (1995)

Charles E. Rosenberg is the Ernest E. Monrad Professor in the Social Sciences and a professor of the history of science at Harvard University. He is the author of The Cholera Years: The United States in 1832, 1849, and 1866; The Care of Strangers: The Rise of America's Hospital System; and No Other Gods: On Science and American Social Thought.

Bibliographic information

QR code for The Care of Strangers
TitleThe Care of Strangers: The Rise of America's Hospital System
A Johns Hopkins Paperback
AuthorCharles E. Rosenberg
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherJohns Hopkins University Press, 1995
ISBN0801850827, 9780801850820
Length437 pages
Subjects ›  › 

History / Social History
History / United States / General
Medical / History
  
Export CitationBiBTeX EndNote RefMan