Remaking the American patient how Madison Avenue and modern medicine turned patients into consumers / Nancy Tomes.

Author/creator Tomes, Nancy, 1952-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
Descriptionxviii, 538 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from JSTOR University of North Carolina Press Publisher Collection (Backlist)
Subjects

SeriesStudies in social medicine
Contents Farewell to the free trade in doctoring -- The high cost of keeping alive -- The new corner store -- The guinea pigs' revolt -- The fourth necessity -- The MDs are off their pedestal -- A big pill to swallow -- The patient must prescribe for the doctor -- Get ready for a new breed of patients -- Shopping mall medicine -- Medicine-chest roulette.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 473-518) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2015029217
ISBN9781469622774 (cloth : alk. paper)

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