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The story of Dr. Sidney R. Garfield : the visionary who turned sick care into health care / Tom Debley ; in collaboration with Jon Stewart

Catalog Data

Author:
Debley, Tom  Search this
Stewart, Jon  Search this
Subject:
Garfield, Sidney R. 1906-1984  Search this
Kaiser Permanente  Search this
Physical description:
xx, 148 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
2009
C2009
Notes:
"Selected works authored or coauthored by Sidney R. Garfield, M.D."--P. 135-137.
Contents:
Out of the immigrant forge -- The great depression and "social medicine" -- Revolution in the economics of medicine -- A fateful house call -- The final dress rehearsal -- FDR to Garfield: "You're not in the army now!" -- Postwar challenges: rebuilding against a tide of opposition -- Attack from the rear guard -- Prosperity in the postwar boom -- Toward Tahoe: crises and crossroads -- After Tahoe: pursuing new frontiers -- The best is yet to come
Appendices: Remarks to the AMA on promoting prepaid group practice -- A report on Permanente's first 10 years -- From an address to the Permanent Monterey management conference -- From an address to the Board of Directors of The Permanente Medical Group -- The delivery of medical care
Topic:
Physicians  Search this
Group medical practice--History  Search this
Health maintenance organizations--History  Search this
Call number:
R154.G37 D43 2009
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_921531