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

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Donzé, Pierre-Yves (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Subjects:
Economic history.
Asia-Economic conditions.
Medicine-History.
ISBN:9789811081590
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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