Divide and conquer a comparative history of medical specialization /

Weisz, George.

Divide and conquer a comparative history of medical specialization / [electronic resource] : George Weisz. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. - xxx, 359 p.

Includes bibliographical references.

The rise of specialties in early nineteenth-century Paris -- Specialization and its opponents in London -- Specialization in the German-speaking world -- The rise of American specialties -- Regulating specialists in national medical directories -- Regulating specialists in Germany -- Regulating specialists the American way -- The French style of regulating specialists -- Regulating specialists in the British manner -- From divisions of medicine to specialties -- Separating, combining and competing.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Medicine--Specialties and specialists--History.


Electronic books.

R729.5.S6 / W45 2006

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