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Medical sociology before 1940. Origins : medicine as social science, public health, and social medicine -- American sociology before 1920 : from social advocacy to academic legitimacy -- Between the World Wars -- University of Chicago -- Regional and intellectual influences -- Medical sociology, 1940-1980. First steps toward social identity : effects of the war and its aftermath on medical sociology -- Postwar medical sociology : the founders at major universities, 1945-1960 -- Role of NIMH, 1946-1975 -- Becoming a profession : the role of the private foundations -- From ad hoc committee to professional association : the section on medical sociology, 1955-1980 -- Current status of medical sociology. Era of change, 1980-2000. |
