The Word As Scalpel A History of Medical Sociology

by Bloom, Samuel W.

• ISBN13: 9780195072327
• ISBN10: 0195072324
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-05-23
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Medical Sociology is now an established subdiscipline in both medicine and sociology. This book traces the intellectual and institutional evolution of the field in relation to antecendents of the past 2000 years and developments in American sociology and medicine since the turn of the century. Drawing on his own experience as a participant and witness, Bloom provides an engaging account of the ongoing search for knowledge about the relationship between illness, medicine, and society.

Table of Contents

Introduction	3	(8)
PART I. Medical Sociology before 1940
The Origins: Medicine as Social Science, Public Health, and Social Medicine	11	(12)
American Sociology before 1920: From Social Advocacy to Academic Legitimacy	23	(16)
Between the World Wars	39	(24)
The University of Chicago	63	(20)
Regional and Intellectual Influences	83	(28)
PART II. Medical Sociology, 1940-1980
First Steps toward Social Identity: Effects of the War and level Its Aftermath on Medical Sociology	111	(20)
Postwar Medical Sociology: The Founders at Major Universities, 1945-1960	131	(24)
The Role of NIMH, 1946-1975	155	(26)
Becoming a Profession: The Role of the Private Foundations	181	(34)
From Ad Hoc Committee to Professional Association: The Section on Medical Sociology, 1955-1980	215	(32)
PART III. The Current Status of Medical Sociology
An Era of Change, 1980-2000	247	(38)
Notes	285	(50)
Index	335