The DOs: Osteopathic Medicine in America [Kindle Edition]
Author: Professor Norman Gevitz | Language: English | ISBN: B003UD7RPK | Format: PDF, EPUB
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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 millionAmericans. The DOs chronicles the development of this controversial medical movementfrom the nineteenth century to the present. Historian Norman Gevitz describes the philosophyand practice of osteopathy, as well as its impact on medical care. From the theories underlyingthe use of spinal manipulation developed by osteopathy's founder, Andrew Taylor Still, Gevitztraces the movement's early success, despite attacks from the orthodox medical community, anddetails the internal struggles to broaden osteopathy's scope to include the full range ofpharmaceuticals and surgery. He also recounts the efforts of osteopathic colleges to achieveparity with institutions granting M.D. degrees and looks at the continuing effort by osteopathicphysicians and surgeons to achieve greater recognition and visibility.
In print continuously since 1982, The DOs has now been thoroughly updated andexpanded to include two new chapters addressing recent and current challenges and to bring thehistory of the profession up to the beginning of the new millennium. Books with free ebook downloads available The DOs: Osteopathic Medicine in America [Kindle Edition]
- File Size: 1274 KB
- Print Length: 259 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0801878349
- Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press; 2nd edition (March 8, 2004)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B003UD7RPK
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
- Lending: Not Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #185,341 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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With a limited understanding of osteopathic medicine's roots, I set on a crash course to find an osteopathic medical history book similar to what a Kenneth Ludmerer's "Time to Heal" did for the history of medicine itself. And with Norman Gevitz's book, I was surely not disappointed. One would think that as a book recommended by the AOA and written by a osteopathic medical school professor, the book would be slanted. However, Gevitz does a great job at maintaining neutrality as a historian while demonstrating a certain degree of candidness, particularly about M.D./D.O. relations and the future of osteopathic medicine. Despite my ecstasy for this book, I do feel that there are certain portions of this book that can be further elaborated (reasoning behind the four-star rating). For example, I would like it if more material was included about osteopathic medicine between 1960 and today. Specifically, Gevitz seems to gloss over the political and social reverberations behind Henry Kissinger's monumental decision to admit D.O.s in the military as equals to M.D.s. Nevertheless, I thought the book was very well written and has definitely sparked an interest into one of this nation's best-kept secrets.By Che Junior
This book paints a picture on the birth and growth of osteopathic medicine in the United States. It illustrates the successes, disappointments, and the many trials that osteopathic medicine has endured since its inception. Additionally, it gives the reader an insight into the influence of the American Medical Association and M.D.'s in general. I think that this is a must read for future M.D.'s and D.O.'s alike because it provides a tremendously well written description of these physicians.By John R. Thurman Jr.
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