The DOs: Osteopathic Medicine in America
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By: Norman Gevitz
Format: Paperback
From: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date: February 2004
From: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date: February 2004
Product Details:
Catalog: Book
Release Date: 2004-03-09
Media: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 264
Ean: 9780801878343
Isbn: 0801878349
Catalog: Book
Release Date: 2004-03-09
Media: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 264
Ean: 9780801878343
Isbn: 0801878349
ABOUT THE BOOK
EDITORIAL REVIEW
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 osteopathy's scope to include the full range of pharmaceuticals and surgery. He also recounts the efforts of osteopathic colleges to achieve parity with institutions granting M.D. degrees and looks at the continuing effort by osteopathic physicians and surgeons to achieve greater recognition and visibility.
In print continuously since 1982, The DOs has now been thoroughly updated and expanded to include two new chapters addressing recent and current challenges and to bring the history of the profession up to the beginning of the new millennium.
USER REVIEWS
"I read this book within a week...I never read books that fast. Gevitz's writing style is highly accessible. There were a few chapters or sections where I started to glaze over only because the author explores the minute details of legislative and organizational changes within the American Osteopathic Association, the American Medical Association and other organizations that probably could've been summarized. But this doesn't really detract much from the overall strength and clarity that this book offers; along with an objective look at the history of osteopathic medicine. "
~ Written on 2007-06-26
~ Written on 2007-06-26
"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. "
~ Written on 2007-04-11
~ Written on 2007-04-11
"best information. excellent prep for writing application essays or interviews. gives a good history. great for figuring out how to describe DOs to friends/family."
~ Written on 2007-01-09
~ Written on 2007-01-09
"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. "
~ Written on 2005-07-27
~ Written on 2005-07-27