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