Weisz, George.

Divide and conquer a comparative history of medical specialization / [electronic resource] : George Weisz. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. - xxx, 359 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

The rise of specialties in early nineteenth-century Paris -- Specialization and its opponents in London -- Specialization in the German-speaking world -- The rise of American specialties -- Regulating specialists in national medical directories -- Regulating specialists in Germany -- Regulating specialists the American way -- The French style of regulating specialists -- Regulating specialists in the British manner -- From divisions of medicine to specialties -- Separating, combining and competing.


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Medicine--Specialties and specialists--History.


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