Kenneth M Ludmerer: 2 books
Time to Heal
American Medical Education from the Turn of the Century to the Era of Managed Care
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 1999
Already the recipient of extraordinary critical acclaim, this magisterial book provides a landmark account of American medical education in the twentieth century, concluding with a call for the reformation of a system currently handicapped by managed care and by narrow, self-centered professional...
Let Me Heal
The Opportunity to Preserve Excellence in American Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
In Let Me Heal, prize-winning author Kenneth M. Ludmerer provides the first-ever account of the residency system for training doctors in the United States. He traces its development from its nineteenth-century roots through its present-day struggles to cope with new, bureaucratic work-hour regulations...