The word as scalpel : a history of medical sociology /
by Bloom, Samuel William.
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BookPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2002Description: vi, 348 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0195072324 (cloth : alk. paper); 0195149297 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Social medicine -- United States -- History | Sociology -- United States -- HistoryOnline resources: Table of contents only | Publisher description | Book review (E-STREAMS) | Contributor biographical information | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-333) and index.
Machine generated contents note: PART I. Medical Sociology before 1940 --1. The Origins: Medicine as Social Science, Public Health, -- and Social Medicine 11 -- 2. American Sociology before 1920: From Social Advocacy to -- Academic Legitimacy 23 -- 3. Between the World Wars 39 -- 4. The University of Chicago 63 -- 5. Regional and Intellectual Influences 83 --PART II. Medical Sociology, 1940-1980 --6. First Steps toward Social Identity: Effects of the War and -- Its Aftermath on Medical Sociology 111 -- 7. Postwar Medical Sociology: The Founders at Major -- Universities, 1945-1960 131 -- 8. The Role of NIMH, 1946-1975 155 -- 9. Becoming a Profession: The Role of the Private -- Foundations 181 -- 10. From Ad Hoc Committee to Professional Association: The -- Section on Medical Sociology, 1955-1980 215 --PART III. The Current Status of Medical Sociology --11. An Era of Change, 1980-2000 247 --Notes 285 --Index 335.
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