American Medical Schools and the Practice of Medicine A History [Hardcover]

In this extensively researched history of medical schools, William Rothstein, a leading historian of American medicine, traces the formation of the medical school from its origin as a source of medical lectures to its current status as a center of undergraduate and graduate medical education, biomedical research, and specialized patient care. Using a variety of historical and sociological techniques, Rothstein accurately describes methods of medical education from one generation of doctors to the next, illustrating the changing career paths in medicine. At the same time, this study considers medical schools within the context of the state of medical practice, institutions of medical care, and general higher education. The most complete and thorough general history of medical education in the United States ever written, this work focuses both on the historical development of medical schools and their current status.

Will undoubtedly become a classic in the histories of medicine and of education. It is extremely well written and a fascinating study that everyone in the history of science will want to read. --History: Reviews of New Books

In addition to histories of education, of medicine, and of medical education, he has mastered an exhaustive array of published materials....His comprehensive presentation of the literature will be a boon to historians of education and medical education....This is a remarkable piece of work. --Journal of American History

An enormously useful book....He presents an astonishing array of data. --Bulletin of the History of Medicine

A comprehensive account...Rothstein draws upon an immense body of historical and sociological literature to produce a highly readable and provocative work that has much to offer both novices and experts in the history of American medical education. --CHOICE

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