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"Sam Bloom has drawn on his own rich fifty year experience and his wise insights to provide an interpretation of historical events that intertwine the history of medical sociology with changes in medical science and education, with the changing economics, politics and practices of health care, with shifting social values, and with the changing nature, status and major concerns of sociology. It is a challenging task and Sam Bloom brings it off beautifully." Robert Straus, Professor Emeritus, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky "A richly documented, enlightening, masterly account of the diverse antecedents of medical sociology before and after World War II, with its eventual establishment as a formal sub-specialty of sociology. Fills a major gap in the history of the social sciences. Highly recommended for anyone interested in professionalization, sociology, and social science and medicine." Rosemary A. Stevens, Professor of Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania "An illuminating, caring, and concerned work that not only provides knowledge and understanding of medical sociology as an intellectual discipline, but also of its interrelationship with the unfolding of
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Samuel William Bloom
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781602564671
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Sociology, Medical