Publication Date. The Social Transformation of American Medicine: The Rise of a. The Social Transformation of American Medicine, updated in 2017, won the Bancroft Prize, C. Wright Mills Award, and Pulitzer Prize. A lot has changed since then, but for a very thorough and well-written look at how medicine has changed throughout history in the United States up until 1980, The Social Transformation of American Medicine is the book to read. Read 76 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. 0465093027. The Social Transformation of American Medicine book. Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article (175K), or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Title . The Social Transformation of American Medicine has aged only a bit. The Social Transformation of American Medicine Reviewed by Conrad Seipp , Research Associate Health Services Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Basic Books. plus shipping $25.89. free shipping worldwide . Book Details. The last chapter is out of date, but its predictions are somewhat chilling--that doctors have more to fear from the corporate takeover of medicine than putative reform. Recommended By. Publisher. This book is the winner of the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction, which in my opinion is well deserved. ISBN. $19.99. He has written three books about health care institutions and policies. Professor Starr served as a senior health policy advisor at the White House under President Clinton. Author. The Social Transformation of American Medicine: The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry. Medicine in a democratic culture, 1760-1850 --Domestic medicine --Professional medicine: From England to America ; Professional education on an open market ; The frustration of professionalism --The medical counterculture: Popular medicine ; The Thomsonians and the frustration of anti-professionalism --The eclipse of legitimate complexity --Chapter two. Buy This Book. Full text Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Starr, Paul. 2017.