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Foundations for Excellence is a history of Duke Medicine. Historian Walter E. Campbell tells the story of the many remarkable individuals, and the foundations and corporations, rivalry and cooperation, disappointments and successes, that made the Duke University Medical Center what it is today. Consistently ranked among the top ten medical centers in the United States, Duke University Medical Center plays a leading role in transforming the existing health care system through innovative developments in genomics, integrative medicine, and prospective health care. Its history provides a window into how American medicine has changed in the past seventy-five years.

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Author:   Walter Elijah Campbell, III
Publisher:   Duke University Press
Imprint:   Duke University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.20cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   1.098kg
ISBN:  

9780967294643

ISBN 10:   0967294649
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   11 October 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations ix Foreword by Mary D.B.T. Semans xiii Acknowledgments xv Introduction 1 Chapter 1: Duke Medicine and the Foundations of Health Care Reform in the American South 18 Chapter 2: The Corporate Hand and Duke Medicine: Research and Leadership 28 Chapter 3: Between Two Worlds: Duke Medicine from 1938 to 1940 64 Chapter 4: World War II and Duke Medicine 100 Chapter 5: After the War: The Politics of Duke Medicine, 1946-1950 146 Chapter 6: Duke Medicine at the Crossroads, 1950-1960 204 Chapter 7: Race, Place, and the Mission of Duke Medicine, 1960-1980 262 Chapter 8: Duke Medicine and the Concept of Oneness, 1980-1989 312 Chapter 9: Duke Medicine and the Health Care Business, 1989-2004 346 Epilogue: A Compassionate Global Business 394 Appendix 1: List of Departments and Chairs 399 Appendix 2: List of Fellows and Honorees 405 Notes 407 Bibliography 435 Index 447

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Walter E. Campbell, an independent scholar, is the author of Across Fortune’s Tracks: A Biography of William Rand Kenan, Jr.

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