Disorder: A History of Reform, Reaction, and Money in American Medicine

An incisive look into the problematic relationships among medicine, politics, and business in America and their effects on the nation's health

Meticulously tracing the dramatic conflicts both inside organized medicine and between the medical profession and the larger society over quality, equality, and economy in health care, Peter A. Swenson illuminates the history of American medical politics from the late nineteenth century to the present. This book chronicles the role of medical reform...