Tomes, Nancy, 1952- ,

Remaking the American patient how Madison Avenue and modern medicine turned patients into consumers / [electronic resource] : Nancy Tomes. - Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016] - 1 online resource (p. ) - Studies in social medicine . - Studies in social medicine. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9781469622798 1469622793




Marketing of Health Services--history--United States.
History, 20th Century--United States.
Consumer Participation--history--United States.
Delivery of Health Care--history--United States.


Electronic books.

RA412.3

368.38/200973