Preliminary Perspectives

Keith Wailoo, Timothy Stoltzfus Jost, and Mark Schlesinger

Professional Sovereignty in a Changing Health Care System: Reflections on Paul Starr's The Social Transformation of American Medicine
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(4-5): 557-568 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-4-5-557 [PDF]  

Theodore R. Marmor

Comments on the Retrospective Issue
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(4-5): 569-574 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-4-5-569 [PDF]  

Précis of Paul Starr's The Social Transformation of American Medicine
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(4-5): 575-620 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-4-5-575 [PDF]  

Part 1. Before: Alternative Readings of the History of American Health Care

Jennifer Klein

Open Moments and Surprise Endings: Historical Agency and the Workings of Narrative in The Social Transformation of American Medicine
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(4-5): 621-642 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-4-5-621 [PDF] [References]  

Keith Wailoo

Sovereignty and Science: Revisiting the Role of Science in the Construction and Erosion of Medical Dominance
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(4-5): 643-660 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-4-5-643 [PDF] [References]  

Deborah A. Savage

Professional Sovereignty Revisited: The Network Transformation of American Medicine?
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(4-5): 661-678 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-4-5-661 [PDF] [References]  

Stefan Greß, Stefan Gildemeister, and Jürgen Wasem

The Social Transformation of American Medicine: A Comparative View from Germany
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(4-5): 679-700 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-4-5-679 [PDF] [References]  

Thomas R. Oliver

Policy Entrepreneurship in the Social Transformation of American Medicine: The Rise of Managed Care and Managed Competition
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(4-5): 701-734 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-4-5-701 [PDF] [References]  

Bernice A. Pescosolido and Jack K. Martin

Cultural Authority and the Sovereignty of American Medicine: The Role of Networks, Class, and Community
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(4-5): 735-756 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-4-5-735 [PDF] [References]  

Part 2. During: Reception and Impact

John Harley Warner

Grand Narrative and Its Discontents: Medical History and the Social Transformation of American Medicine
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(4-5): 757-780 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-4-5-757 [PDF] [References]  

Joel D. Howell

What the Doctors Read
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(4-5): 781-798 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-4-5-781 [PDF] [References]  

Timothy Stoltzfus Jost

The Uses of The Social Transformation of American Medicine: The Case of Law
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(4-5): 799-814 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-4-5-799 [PDF] [References]  

New Actors Emerge

Jill Quadagno

Physician Sovereignty and the Purchasers' Revolt
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(4-5): 815-834 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-4-5-815 [PDF] [References]  

Sydney A. Halpern

Medical Authority and the Culture of Rights
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(4-5): 835-852 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-4-5-835 [PDF] [References]  

William D. White

Reason, Rationalization, and Professionalism in the Era of Managed Care
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(4-5): 853-868 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-4-5-853 [PDF] [References]  

Shifting Roles for Existing Actors

Lawrence P. Casalino

Physicians and Corporations: A Corporate Transformation of American Medicine?
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(4-5): 869-884 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-4-5-869 [PDF] [References]  

Gloria J. Bazzoli

The Corporatization of American Hospitals
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(4-5): 885-906 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-4-5-885 [PDF] [References]  

Stephen S. Mick

The Physician "Surplus" and the Decline of Professional Dominance
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(4-5): 907-924 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-4-5-907 [PDF] [References]  

The Reemergence of Dormant Themes

Michael S. Goldstein

The Persistence and Resurgence of Medical Pluralism
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(4-5): 925-946 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-4-5-925 [PDF] [References]  

Clark C. Havighurst

Starr on the Corporatization and Commodification of Health Care: The Sequel
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(4-5): 947-968 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-4-5-947 [PDF] [References]  

Mark Schlesinger

Reprivatizing the Public Household? Medical Care in the Context of American Public Values
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(4-5): 969-1004 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-4-5-969 [PDF] [References]  

Response

Paul Starr

Social Transformation Twenty Years On
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(4-5): 1005-1020 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-4-5-1005 [PDF]  

Epilogue
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(4-5): 1021-1024 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-4-5-1021 [PDF]  

News and Notes

Christopher J. Conover

News and Notes
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(4-5): 1025-1026 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-4-5-1025 [PDF]  

News from Affiliated Organizations

News from Affiliated Organizations
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(4-5): 1027-1028 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-4-5-1027 [PDF]  

Contributors

Contributors
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(4-5): 1029-1034 (2004); DOI:10.1215/03616878-29-4-5-1029 [PDF]  

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