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Remaking the American Patient

- How Madison Avenue and Modern Medicine Turned Patients into Consumers

About Remaking the American Patient

In a work that spans the twentieth century, Nancy Tomes questions the popular - and largely unexamined - idea that in order to get good health care, people must learn to shop for it. Remaking the American Patient explores the consequences of the consumer economy and American medicine having come of age at exactly the same time.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781469622774
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 560
  • Published:
  • January 30, 2016
  • Dimensions:
  • 242x172x43 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 950 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: October 25, 2024

Description of Remaking the American Patient

In a work that spans the twentieth century, Nancy Tomes questions the popular - and largely unexamined - idea that in order to get good health care, people must learn to shop for it. Remaking the American Patient explores the consequences of the consumer economy and American medicine having come of age at exactly the same time.

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