PDAMX#35.2 - Institutionalizing medicine for dummies

About this episode

The episode discusses the expansion of the American medical market in the 19th century and the consolidation of power by allopathic physicians through organizations like the AMA.

Today we continue Paul Starr's book "The Social Transformation of American Medicine", with chapters 2 and 3. This explains how the market for American medicine expanded in the 19th century empowering physicians, and how through organizations like the AMA Allopathic physicians consolidated their hold on medicine. We have an email and would love to hear from you, if you're so compelled: plausibledeniabilityamx@gmail.com Disclaimer: All opinions are our own, respectively, and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

People in this episode

Host: Plausible Deniability AMX

Topics covered

• American medicine
• 19th century
• physicians
• AMA
• medical organizations
• market expansion

Keywords

• American medicine
• Paul Starr
• 19th century
• AMA
• physicians
• medical organizations
• market expansion

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AMA

Books & works: The Social Transformation of American Medicine

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