This essay reexamines the nineteenth-century origins of medical specialization. It suggests that by 1880s, specialization had become perceived as a necessity science result realization two preconditions: First, new collective desire to expand knowledge prompted clinical researchers specialize; only specialization, it was believed, permitted rigorous observation many cases. Second, administrative rationality suggested one could best manage large populations through proper classification,...

Clinical practice guidelines are now ubiquitous. This article describes the emergence of such in a way that differs from two dominant explanations, one focusing on administrative cost‐cutting and other need to protect collective professional autonomy. Instead, this argues spread represents new regulation medical care resulting confluence circumstances mobilized many different groups. Although quality has traditionally been based standardization credentials, since 1960s it intensified...

Journal Article The Politics of Medical Professionalization in France 1845–1848 Get access George Weisz McGill University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social History, Volume 12, Issue 1, Fall 1978, Pages 3–30, https://doi.org/10.1353/jsh/12.1.3 Published: 01 October 1978

In 1971 Abdel R. Omran published his classic paper on the theory of epidemiologic transition. By mid-1990s, it had become something a citation and was understood as theoretical statement about shift from infectious to chronic diseases that supposedly accompanies modernization. However, himself not directly concerned with rise disease; in fact closely tied efforts accelerate fertility decline through health-oriented population control programs. This article uses Omran's extensive writings...

This article presents a history of efforts by the World Health Organization and its most important ally, Federation for Medical Education, to strengthen standardize international medical education. aspect WHO activity has been largely ignored in recent historical sociological work on that organization global health generally.Historical textual analysis is applied digitalized archives publications as well periodic literature commenting standardization training problems associated with...

This special issue of Social Studies Science centers on the topic regulation in medicine and, particular, notion regulatory objectivity, defined as a new form objectivity biomedicine that generates conventions and norms through concerted programs action based use variety systems for collective production evidence. The papers suggest ways which can be tested, extended, revised, or superseded by more appropriate notions. They insist need to examine closely clinical-therapeutic (and not just...

This essay examines the survival of waters therapy in twentieth-century France with a view to understanding conditions that make convincing one national context and not another. Part explanation for this has do size power spa industry. Where industry was strong economically powerful-as it France-its became priority. Of equal importance, however, role medical elite. In France, small but influential group elite physicians served as chief architects continued development water cures. The...

Chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in low‐ and middle‐income countries have recently provoked a surge of public interest. This article examines the policy literature—notably archives publications World Health Organization (WHO), which has dominated this field—to analyze emergence consolidation new agenda. Starting with programs to control cardiovascular disease 1970s, experts from Eastern Western Europe had by late 1980s consolidated program for prevention NCD risk factors at WHO. NCDs...

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The National Health Survey undertaken in 1935 and 1936 was the largest morbidity survey until that time. It also first national to focus on chronic disease disability. decision conduct a of this magnitude part larger strategy reform health care United States. allowed reformers argue status Americans poor, despite falling mortality rates suggested opposite. proved be an especially effective way demonstrating poor population strong links between poverty illness. survey, by small group...

Journal Article Mapping Medical Specialization in Paris the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Get access GEORGE WEISZ, WEISZ * I am grateful to Social Sciences Humanities Research Council of Canada for a grant which made possible research this paper. wish thank, their assistance, Donna Evleth, Sarah Thomas, Sovita Chandcr. Professor G. Wcisz is based at Department Studies Medicine, McGill University3655 Drummond Street, Montreal, H3G 176 Search other works by author on: Oxford Academic...