Schafer, James A., Jr., 1974-

The business of private medical practice doctors, specialization, and urban change in Philadelphia, 1900-1940 / James A. Schafer Jr. - New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (xix, 250 pages) illustrations. - Critical issues in health and medicine .

Includes bibliographies and index.

The primacy of private practice -- The doctor as business owner -- Downtown specialists and neighborhood GPs -- New career paths, new business methods -- From Center City to suburb.



9780813561769


Medicine--Practice--History--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--20th century.
Medicine--Specialties and specialists--History--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--20th century.
Physicians (General practice)--History--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--20th century.
Urban health--History--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--20th century.
Private Practice--history--Philadelphia.
History, 20th Century--Philadelphia.
Physicians--history--Philadelphia.
Urban Health Services--history--Philadelphia.


Electronic Books.

R728 / .B875 2014