Making a Medical Living - Doctors and Patients in the English Market for Medicine, 1720-1911 (Paperback, Revised)

Making a Medical Market begins with the first voluntary hospital in 1720 and ends in 1911 with national health insurance. It looks at different forms of practice--public appointments in hospitals, office under state welfare systems, and private practice. From the 1750s medicine became more commercialized. Doctors were successful in raising demand for their own services but were unsuccessful in restricting competition. Many medical practitioners struggled to make a living by seeing many patients at low fees, so that "five minutes for the patient" is not a new feature of health care.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time
Release date:	April 2002
First published:	1994
Authors:	Anne Digby
Dimensions:	228 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	372
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-52451-3
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine
LSN:	0-521-52451-2
Barcode:	9780521524513

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