American medical education from the turn of the century to the era of managed care /
First Statement of Responsibility
Kenneth M. Ludmerer.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1999.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xxvi, 514 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-494) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Creating the system -- The American medical school between the world wars -- Undergraduate medical education -- The rise of graduate medical education -- Teaching hospitals -- Academic medical centers and the public -- World War II and medical education -- The ascendancy of research -- The expansion of clinical service -- The maturation of graduate medical education -- The forgotten medical student -- Medicare, medicaid, and medical education -- Medical education in an era of protest and civil rights -- Academic health centers under stress: external pressures -- Academic health centers under stress: internal dilemmas -- Internal malaise -- Medical education in an era of cost containment and managed care -- A second revolutionary period.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Kenneth M. Ludmerer describes the evolution of American medical education from 1910 - when a muck-raking report on medical diploma mills spurred the reform and expansion of medical schools - to the current era of managed care, when commercial interests once more have come to the fore, compromising the training of the nation's future doctors. Ludmerer portrays the experience of learning medicine from the perspective of students, house officers, faculty, administrators, and patients, and he traces the immense impact on academic medical centers of outside factors such as World War II, the National Institutes of Health, private medical insurance, and Medicare and Medicaid.
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Most notably, the book explores the very real threats to medical education in the current environment of managed care, viewing these developments not as a catastrophe but as a challenge to make many long overdue changes in medical education and medical practice."--Jacket.
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
Parallel Title
American medical education in the 20th century
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Medical education-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Education, Medical-- history.
History, 20th Century.
Enseignement médical-- États-Unis-- Histoire-- 20e siècle.
44.04 teaching, profession and organizations of medicine.