Book Info enlarge picture Social Transformation of American Medicine: The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry   Author: Paul Starr ISBN: 0465079350 Format: Publish Date:                  Book Review Winner of the 1983 Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize in American History, this is a landmark history of how the entire American health care system of doctors, hospitals, health plans, and government programs has evolved over the last two centuries.