Making Medicine a Business X-ray Technology, Global Competition, and the Transformation of the Japanese Medical System, 1895-1945 /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Donzé, Pierre-Yves (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Economic history.; Asia-Economic conditions.; Medicine-History.; Economic History.; Asian Economics.; History of Medicine.

This book goes back to the origins of the transformation of health and medicine into a business, during the first part of the twentieth century, focusing on the example of Japan. In the past hundred years, medicine has gone from being a charitable activity to a large economic sector, amounting to 12...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The emergence of an industry
• 3. The birth of a new medical discipline
• 4. Cooperation between firms and doctors
• 5. The diffusion of radiology and its effects on hospital management
• 6.Regulating the healthcare system
• 7. Conclusion.