Andrew T Simpson

The Medical Metropolis

Health Care and Economic Transformation in Pittsburgh and Houston

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Andrew T. Simpson teaches history at Duquesne University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 160mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780812251678
• ISBN-10: 0812251679
• Artikelnr.: 56396295

Autorenporträt

Andrew T. Simpson teaches history at Duquesne University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Making the Medical Metropolis
Chapter 1. Building Cities of Health: Medical Centers in Pittsburgh and
Houston Before 1965
Chapter 2. The Hospital-Civic Relationship in the Shadow of the Great
Society
Chapter 3. City of Hearts, City of Livers: Specialty Medicine and the
Creation of New Civic Identities
Chapter 4. "When the Fire Dies": Biotechnology and the Quest for a New
Economy
Chapter 5. The Coming of the System: Changing Health Care Delivery in the
Medical Metropolis
Chapter 6. A Charitable Mission or a Profitable Charity? Redefining the
Hospital-Civic Relationship
Epilogue. The Future of the Medical Metropolis
Notes
Archival Collections and Abbreviations
Index
Acknowledgments