DOs Osteopathic Medicine in America

Name: DOs Osteopathic Medicine in America
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ISBN: 9780801878343

ISBN-10: 0801878349

ISBN-13: 9780801878343

Edition: 2nd 2004

Authors: Norman Gevitz

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Overcoming suspicion, ridicule, and outright opposition from the American Medical Association, the osteopathic medical profession today serves the health needs of more than thirty million Americans. The DOs chronicles the development of this controversial medical movement from the nineteenth century to the present. Historian Norman Gevitz describes the philosophy and practice of osteopathy, as well as its impact on medical care. From the theories underlying the use of spinal manipulation developed by osteopathy's founder, Andrew Taylor Still, Gevitz traces the movement's early success, despite attacks from the orthodox medical community, and details the internal struggles to broaden…

Book details

List price: $30.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 4/13/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface & Acknowledgments



Andrew Taylor Still



The Missouri Mecca



In the Field



Structure & Function



Expanding the Scope



The Push for Higher Standards



A Question of Identity



The California Merger



Reaffirmation & Expansion



In a Sea of Change



The Challenge of Distinctiveness


Notes


Index