The word as scalpel a history of medical sociology /

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Main Author: Bloom, Samuel William, 1921-2006
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.