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Past is prologue

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  1. the University of Pennsylvania, USA

    Rosemary Stevens (professor of history and sociology of science)

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She has been a hospital administrator and has taught at Yale University and Tulane University. This work is part of a larger study of American hospitals to be published by Basic Books. The article is adapted from Applications of Social Science to Clinical Medicine and Health Policy,edited by Linda H. Aiken and David Mechanic, published by Rutgers University Press.

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Stevens, R. Past is prologue. Society 23, 32–37 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02695555

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