Queen of the Professions
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4422-2630-2 (ISBN)
American medicine is under serious attack. The health care system is falling short of its major goal, improving the health of the population. The United States ranks only 35th in world life expectancy. But where American medicine arguably remains at a pinnacle in the world – in the status, wealth and power of the profession of medicine -- physicians are in danger of losing first rank. As other professions close the gap, their top economic position is threatened. Slippage may be measured also by other, less quantifiable factors, such as the highest prestige of physicians among all learned occupations.
Queen of the Professions: The Rise and Decline of Medical Prestige and Power in America is a colorful yet authoritative work of social history offering readers a sturdy platform from which to confront looming issues about the future of American medical care. Its unique perspective brings crucial context to current debates about modern medicine, exploring in entertaining detail its historical foundations and its present and future challenges.
Charles E. McClelland, PhD, is a social historian with a particular focus on the history of the professions. He is professor emeritus of History at the University of New Mexico and an associate faculty member of the Institute for the Medical Humanities at the University of Texas Medical Branch. In addition to cofounding the Albuquerque International Association, he serves as its vice president.
Acknowledgments and Preface
Introduction: What Makes a Profession a Profession?
Part I: From Healing Art to Scientific Profession: Medicine 500 B.C.E. to 1850 C.E.
1: Swearing by Apollo
2: The Levant: Saving Grace of the Middle Ages
3: Physicians, Barbers and “Old Wives”
4: Hospitals or Hospices?
5: Gifts from the Sister Sciences
Part II:The Making of a Doctor: The Evolution of Medical Education
6: Acolytes and Apprentices
7: Starting with Salerno: Europe’s First Medical Schools
8: From Sacrilege to Science: Dissection and Observation
9: Three Paths Leading to Modern Medical Education
10: Money Talks: Abraham Flexner’s Reforms
11: High Tech, Low Touch?
Part III: Changing Concepts of Medical Ethics: When Values Collide
12: A Sacred Trust: Roots of MedicalEthics
13: First, Do No Harm: The Introduction of Humanistic Values
14: The Physician as Gentle-man
15: Balancing Individual and Public Benefit: Experimental Abuses
16: Gods No More: The Rise of Patients’ Rights
17: Collisions of Cultures
Part IV: The Future of Medicine as a Profession: From Hippocrates to Dr. House
18: Cures, at Last!
19: The Conundrum of Insurance: Raising Income, Threatening Autonomy
20: Expanding Access to the Physician’s Role
21: What It All Means
Bibliography
Index
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 162 x 236 mm |
| Gewicht | 454 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4422-2630-7 / 1442226307 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4422-2630-2 / 9781442226302 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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