Specialization in American Medicine

Award Year: 1997	Investigator: Rosemary Stevens	Budget: $239,084	Categories: History of Medicine and Health Care
Abstract: Dr. Stevens examines specialization in American medicine during the past 25 years in order to shed light on recent trends and choices for the future. She looks at the structure of the medical profession and its response to significant change by examining the evolving roles of the 24 specialty-certifying boards. The project focuses on several contexts of specialty practice and how they have changed. These include: the science base and conceptions of disease