(AMA), Howard Wolinsky and Tom Brune (1994). The Serpent on the Staff: The Unhealthy Politics of the American Medical Association. (New York, NY: Putnam, 267 p.). American Medical Association.

(American Hospital Supply), Frederick D. Sturdivant (1970). Growth Through Service; The Story of American Hospital Supply Corporation. (Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 382 p.). American Hospital Supply Corporation.

(Baptist Health Care), Al Stubblefield (2004). The Baptist Health Care Journey to Excellence: Creating a Culture that WOWs! (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 240 p.). CEO , Baptist Health Care. Health services administration--United States; Health facilities--United States--Administration; Medical care--Religious aspects--Christianity. 

(Barr & Stroud), Michael S. Moss and Iain Russell with a foreword by Sir Alwyn Williams (1988). Range and Vision: The First 100 Years of Barr & Stroud. (Edinburgh: Mainstream Pub., 256 p.). Optical industry--Great Britain--History.

(Baxter Travenol), Thomas G. Cody (1990). Strategy of a Megamerger: An Insider's Account of the Baxter Travenol-American Hospital Supply Combination. (New York, NY: Quorum Books, 299 p.). Medical supplies industry--United States; Hospital care--Economic aspects--United States; Health facilities--Economic aspects--United States; Consolidation and merger of corporations--United States--Case studies.

(Beckman Instruments), Arnold Thackray and Minor Myers, Jr.; foreword by James D. Watson (2000). Arnold O. Beckman: One Hundred Years of Excellence. (Philadelphia, PA: Chemical Heritage Foundation, 379 p.). Beckman, Arnold O.; Scientific apparatus and instruments--United States--History--20th century; Instrument manufacture--United States--History--20th century; Instrument manufacture--United States--Biography. 

(Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Center), Dana Beth Weinberg; foreword by Suzanne Gordon (2003). Code Green: Money-Driven Hospitals and the Dismantling of Nursing. (Ithaca, NY: ILR Press, 213 p.). Senior Research Associate at the Schneider Institute for Health Policy at the Heller School of Social Policy and Management (Brandeis University). Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Center--Finance; Nursing--Massachusetts--Boston; Hospitals--Massachusetts--Boston--Finance. Effects of hospital restructuring on nurses’ ability to plan, evaluate, deliver excellent care.

(Boston Scientific Corporation), Jeffrey L. Rodengen (2001). The Ship in the Balloon: The Story of Boston Scientific and the Development of Less-Invasive Medicine. (Fort Lauderdale, FL: Write Stuff Enterprises, 224 p.). Boston Scientific Corporation; Medical instruments and apparatus industry--United States.

(Charlotte Memorial Hospital), Jerry Shinn (2002). A Great, Public Compassion: The Story of Charlotte Memorial Hospital and Carolinas Medical Center. (Charlotte, NC: University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 357 p.). Charlotte Memorial Hospital (Charlotte, N.C.)--History; Carolinas Medical Center--History; Hospitals--North Carolina--Charlotte--History; Charities--North Carolina--Charlotte--History.

(Children’s Hospital Boston), Archives Program of Children’s Hospital Boston (2005). Children’s Hospital Boston. (Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 128 p.). Children’s Hospital (Boston, Mass.)--History; Children’s Hospital (Boston, Mass.)--History--Pictorial works. From modest beginning in 1869, in single Boston brick house, to major pediatric affiliate of Harvard Medical School; history of pediatrics in America.

(Children's Hospital Denver), Rickey Hendricks and Mark S. Foster (1994). For a Child's Sake: History of the Children's Hospital, Denver, Colorado, 1910-1990. (Niwot, CO: University Press of Colorado, 209 p.). Children's Hospital (Denver, Colo.) -- History; Children -- Hospitals -- Colorado -- Denver -- History.

(Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles), Margaret Leslie Davis (2002). Childrens Hospital and the Leaders of Los Angeles: The First 100 Years. (Los Angeles, CA: Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, 243 p.). Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles--History; Children hospitals--California--Los Angeles--History.

(Childrens Memorial Hospital of Omaha), Hollis J. Limprecht (1973). A Chance To Live; The Story of Childrens Memorial Hospital of Omaha. (Omaha, NE: Childrens Memorial Hospital, 175 p.). Childrens Memorial Hospital of Omaha.

(Church Homes Inc.), Ellsworth S. Grant (1987). Church Homes, Inc.: Pioneer in Retirement Villages, 1957-1987. (Hartford, CT: Church Homes, 104 p.). Church Homes, Inc.--History; Life care communities--Connecticut--History; Church work with the aged--History.

(Clara Maass Health System), Robert D.B. Carlisle (1993). Building Bridges for 125 Years (Belleville, NJ: Clara Maass Health System, Inc., 109 p.). Clara Maass Medical Center (Belleville (N.J.)--History; Hospitals--New Jersey--Belleville--History.

(Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center), Albert R. Lamb (1955). The Presbyterian Hospital and the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, 1868-1943; A History of a Great Medical Adventure. (New York, NY, Columbia University Press, 495 p.).Presbyterian Hospital (New York, N.Y.); Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center.

(Comfort Keepers), Jerry L. Clum (2005). Zero to $100 Million in Five Years! (New York, NY: Hudson Books, 324 p.). President, Co-Founder of Comfort Keepers; 2004 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award Winner (Southern Ohio). Healthcare; assisted living; entrepreneurship. 

(Cookeville Regional Medical Center), Laura Clemons (2010). The People's Hospital: A History of Cookeville Regional Medical Center. (Cookeville, TN: The Foundation at CRMC, 128 p.). Cookeville Regional Medical Center; healthcare -- Tennessee -- history. 1920s - Howard Hospital first opened in brick, two-story bungalow-style building (5 physicians, 30 employees); 1940s - survived two referendums (residents decided whether to build Cookeville General on west side of town); 1990s - survived three referendums (residenst decided whether city should own, sell or lease facility; 2010 - 247-bed facility on 18 acres; 140 physicians, 1,800 employees.

(Decatur Memorial), Dan J. Forrestal (1985). The Vigil Never Ceases Two Miles North. (Gerald, MO: The Patrice Press, 223 p.). Decatur Memorial Hospital--History.

(Endius Inc.), Tim Taylor (2003). Launch Fever: An Entrepreneur s Journey into the Secrets of Launching Rockets, a New Business and Living a Happier Life. (Omaha, NE: iUniverse, 230 p.). Co-Founder - Endius, Inc. Taylor, Tim; Entrepreneurship. 

(Gillette Children's Hospital), Steven E. Koop (1998). We Hold This Treasure: The Story of Gillette Children's Hospital (Afton, MN: Afton Historical Society Press). Gillette Children's Hospital -- History; Children -- Hospitals -- Minnesota -- St. Paul -- History; Handicapped children -- Hospital care -- Minnesota -- St. Paul; Alt title Story of Gillette Children's Hospital.

(Greenwich Hospital), Jim H. Smith (2003). A Century of Caring: The Story of Greenwich Hospital. (Lyme, CT: Greenwich Pub. Group, 128 p.). Hospitals--Connecticut--Greenwich (Town)--History.

(Group Health Association), Edward D. Berkowitz and Wendy Wolff (1988). Group Health Association: A Portrait of a Health Maintenance Organization. (Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 236 p.). Group Health Association (Washington, D.C.)--History.

(Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound), Walt Crowley (1996). To Serve the Greatest Number: A History of Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound. (Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 293 p.). Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound--History; Group medical practice--Washington--Puget Sound--History.

(HCA), Bob Vraciu (2003). Leadership To Win: A Biography of R. Clayton McWhorter. (Franklin, TN: Hillsboro Press, 163 p.). McWhorter, R. Clayton; HealthTrust; Hospital Corporation of America.  

(HealthSouth), Jeffrey L. Rodengen (2002). The Story of HealthSouth. (Ft. Lauderdale, FL: Write Stuff Enterprises, 152 p.). HealthSouth (Firm)--History; Hospital management companies--United States--History; Hospitals--Rehabilitation services--United States--History.

(Hill-Rom Company), Garven Dalglish (1982). Of This Man: The Biography of William A. Hillenbrand. (Canaan, NH: Phoenix Pub., 250 p.). Hillenbrand, William A.; Hill-Rom Company--History; Businesspeople--United States--Biography.

(Institute of Medicine), Edward D. Berkowitz (1998). To Improve Human Health: A History of the Institute of Medicine. (Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 294 p.). Institute of Medicine (U.S)--History; Medicine--Research--United States--History.

(Invacare Corporation), Jeffrey L. Rodengen & Anthony L. Wall (2001). The Yes, You Can of Invacare Corporation. (Fort Lauderdale, FL: Write Stuff Enterprises, 192 p.). INVACARE Corporation (Elyria, Ohio)--History; Wheelchair industry--History; Medical supplies industry--History.

(Kaiser Permanente), John G. Smillie; foreword by Bruce J. Sams, Jr. (1991). Can Physicians Manage the Quality and Costs of Health Care?: The Story of the Permanente Medical Group. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 283 p.). Permanente Medical Group (Oakland, Calif.)--History; Kaiser-Permanente Medical Care Program--History; Health Maintenance Organizations--history--California.

(Kaiser Permanente), Rickey Hendricks (1993). A Model for National Health Care: The History of Kaiser Permanente (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 265 p.). Kaiser-Permanente Medical Care Program -- History. 

(Longworth Scientific Instrument Co. Ltd.), Sir Anthony Jephcott (1988). A History of Longworth Scientific Instrument Co. Ltd. (London, UK: Regency Press, 202 p.). Longworth Scientific Instrument Co. Ltd.; Great Britain Medical equipment industries Companies history.

(Maimonides Medical Center), Julie Salamon (2008). Hospital: Man Woman Birth Death Infinity, Plus Red Tape, Bad Behavior, Money, God, and Diversity on Steroids. (New York, NY: Penguin Press, 384 p.). Former culture writer for The New York Times, critic and reporter for The Wall Street Journal. Maimonides Medical Center--History; Maimonides Medical Center; Hospitals--New York (State)--New York--History; Hospitals, Urban--New York City--Personal Narratives; Cultural Diversity--New York City--Personal Narratives. One year tracking progress of cancer center, characters (doctors, patients, administrators, nurses, ambulance drivers, cooks, cleaning staff) who make hospital run; case study of concerns that arise in institutions that serve an increasingly multicultural American demographic; science and emotion of medical drama grounded in financial realities of operating a huge, private institution.

(Marquette Electronics), Michael J. Cudahy (2002). Joyworks: The Story of Marquette Electronics and Two Lucky Entrepreneurs. (Milwaukee, WI: Milwaukee County Historical Society, 236 p.). Co-founder, Chairman & CEO Marquette Electronics, Inc. Cudahy, Michael J.; Cozzens, Warren B.; Marquette Electronics; Medical electronics equipment industry--Wisconsin--Milwaukee; Milwaukee (Wis.)--Biography. 

(McKesson), The Company (1958). The Road to Market: 125 Years of Distribution Service. (New York, NY: The Company, 62 p.). McKesson and Robbins, Inc.; Pharmaceutical industry -- United States. "Published to commemorate the one hundred twenty-fifth anniversary of McKesson & Robbins, incorporated, 1958."

(McLean Hospital), S. B. Sutton (1986). Crossroads in Psychiatry: A History of the McLean Hospital. (Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, 372 p.). McLean Hospital--History; McLean Hospital; Psychiatric hospital care--Massachusetts--History; Psychiatry--History; Hospitals, Psychiatric--history--Massachusetts.

(McLean Hospital), Alex Beam (2001). Gracefully Insane: The Rise and Fall of America's Premier Mental Hospital. (New York, NY: Public Affairs, 273 p.). McLean Hospital--History. Belmont, MA hospital was shelter for well-born.

(MDS ordion), Paul Litt (2000). Isotopes and Innovation: M D S Nordion's First Fifty Years, 1946-1996. (Montreal, QU: McGill-Queen's University Press, 249 p.). MDS Nordion; radioisotopes; radioisotope technology.

(Mentholatum Company), Alex Taylor (2006). Amazing Mentholatum: And the Commerce of Curing the Common Cold, 1889-1955. (La Canada, CA: Angeles Crest, 242 p.). Great-Grandson of the Founder of Mentholatum Company (A.A. Hyde). Hyde, Albert Alexander; Mentholatum Company; cold--treatments. First half century of Mentholatum Company;  development of patent medicine, pharmaceutical industry from quackery of early years to post-WWII scientific era. 

(Methodist Hospital), Bill Beck (1992). A Tradition of Caring: Methodist Hospital. (Minneapolis, MN: Methodist Hospital, 342 p.). Corporate historian. Methodist Hospital -- history; Hospitals -- Minneapolis -- history. 1892 - founded as Asbury Hospital; February 16, 1959 - first baby born, first patients admitted to new Methodist Hospital (initial capacity was 246 beds and 60 bassinets).

(Metroplex Health System), Patricia K. Benoit (2003). Trusting in Miracles: Metroplex Health System’s 25 Years of Healing. (Killeen, TX: Metroplex Health System, 100 p.). Metroplex Health System (Killeen, Tex.); Seventh-Day Adventist Hospital Association; Seventh-Day Adventist health facilities--Texas--Killeen; Public hospitals--Texas--Killeen.

(Miami Valley Hospital), Mark Bernstein (1990). Miami Valley Hospital: A Centennial History (Dayton, OH: Miami Valley Hospital Society, 203 p.). Miami Valley Hospital--History.

(Michael Reese Hospital), ed. Sarah Gordon (1981). All Our Lives: A Centennial History of Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, 1881-1981. (Chicago, IL: The Hospital and Medical Center, 210 p.). Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center--History; History of medicine, 19th century--United States; History of medicine, 20th century--United States; Hospitals, General--History--United States; Hospitals--History--United States.

(Mississippi Baptist Medical Center), Carroll Brinson (1991). A Tradition of Caring: Mississippi Baptist Medical Center's First Eighty Years. (Jackson, MI: Oakdale Press, 240 p.). Mississippi Baptist Medical Center--History.

(Mountainside Hospital), Robert D.B. Carlisle (1991). Heritage of Caring: A Centennial History of the Mountainside Hospital (Glen Ridge/Montclair, N.J.: The Hospital, 102 p.). Mountainside Hospital (Montclair, N.J.)--History; Hospitals--New Jersey--Montclair--History.

(Mt. Sinai), Joseph Hirsh and Beka Doherty (1952). The First Hundred Years of the Mount Sinai Hospital of New York, 1852-1952. (New York, NY: Random House, 364 p.). Mount Sinai Hospital (New York, N.Y.)--History.

(National Medical Care), Tim McFeeley (2001). The Price of Access: The Story of Life and Death and Money and the First National Health Care Program and the Three Doctors Who Changed Medicine in America Forever. (Nashua, NH: MDL Press, 401 p.). Corporate Counsel (National Medical Care). Hampers, Constantine L.; Schupak, Eugene; Hager, Edward B.; National Medical Care (Firm); United States. Medicare Bureau. End-Stage Renal Disease Program; Hemodialysis facilities--United States.

(Nebraska Methodist Hospital), Hollis J. Limprecht (1991). A Century of Medical Miracles: Nebraska Methodist Hospital, 1891-1991. ([Omaha, NE: H.J. Limprecht, 456 p.). Nebraska Methodist Hospital--History.

(Ochsner Medical), John Wilds (1985). Ochsner's: An Informal History of the South's Largest Private Medical Center. (Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 256 p.). Ochsner Medical Institutions--History; Medical centers--Louisiana--New Orleans--History.

(Oxford Instruments), Audrey Wood (2001). Magnetic Venture: The Story of Oxford Instruments. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 387 p.). Scientific apparatus and instruments industry--Great Britain--History; Medical instruments and apparatus industry--Great Britain--History; Nuclear magnetic resonance--Industrial applications--History.

(Pennsylvania Hospital), Thomas G. Morton, assisted by Frank Woodbury (1973). The History of the Pennsylvania Hospital, 1751-1895. (New York, Arno Press: New York, Arno Press, 575 p. [orig. pub. 1895)). Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.).

(Perkin-Elmer), Thomas P. Fahy (1987). Richard Scott Perkin and the Perkin-Elmer Corporation. (United States: Perkin-Elmer Print Shop, 271 p.). Perkin, Richard Scott, 1906-1969; Elmer, Charles Wesley, 1872-1954; Perkin-Elmer Corporation--History; Industrialists--United States--Biography; Optical industry--United States--History.

(Physio-Control Corporation), Harriet and Terry King (1980). The Team 1955-1980. (Redmond, WA: Physio-control Corporation, 103 p.). Physio-control Corporation.

(Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company), Sarah Stage (1979). Female Complaints: Lydia Pinkham and the Business of Women's Medicine. (New York, NY: Norton, 304 p.). Pinkham, Lydia Estes, 1819-1883; Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company--History; Gynecology--United States--History--19th century; Advertising--Drugs--United States--History--19th century; Women--United States--Social conditions.

(Presbyterian Hospital), Mo Palmer and Bill Beck (2008). 1908-2008: The First 100 Years Presbyterian. (Virginia Beach, VA Donning Co., p.). Corporate historian. Presbyterian Hospital (Albuquerque, N.M.) --History; Southwestern Presbyterian Sanatorium; Presbyterian Hospital Center; Presbyterian Hospital (Albuquerque, N.M.); Hospitals --New Mexico --Albuquerque --History; Hospitals, Community --history --New Mexico; Community Health Services --history --New Mexico; History, 20th Century --New Mexico; History, 21st Century --New Mexico; Tuberculosis --history --New Mexico.

(Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital), Laurie Levin (2008). Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital: The First 50 Years: By the Community, for the Community. (Whittier, CA, The Hospital, 93 p.). Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital; Hospitals; Hospital care; Medical care --California --Whittier; Whittier, Calif.

(Presbyterian Medical Center), David John Seel (1999). For Whom No Labor of Love Is Ever Lost: The History of Presbyterian Medical Center, Chonju, Korea, 1898-1998. (Franklin, TN, Providence House Publishers, 210 p.). Presbyterian Medical Center (Cho�nju-si, Korea) --History.

(Rochester General Hospital), Virginia Jeffrey Smith (1947). A Century of Service: Rochester General Hospital, 1847-1947. Chapters on the Medical Staff by Charles R. Witherspoon [and others]. (Rochester, NY: The Hospital, 227 p.). Rochester General Hospital; Rochester (N.Y.)--Hospitals.

(Rochester General Hospital), Teresa K. Lehr & Philip G. Maples (1997). To Serve the Community: A Celebration of Rochester General Hospital, 1847-1997. (Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Co., 207 p.). Rochester General Hospital (Rochester N. Y.)--History; Hospitals--New York (State)--Rochester--History.

(Royal Berkshire Hospital), Margaret Railton, Marshall Barr (1989). The Royal Berkshire Hospital 1839-1989. (Reading, UK: Royal Berkshire Hospital, 355 p.). Royal Berkshire Hospital. -- History; Hospitals -- England -- Reading -- History.

(Rush-Presbyterian), Jim Bowman (1987). Good Medicine: The First 150 Years of Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center. (Chicago, IL: Chicago Review Press, 214 p.). Medical Care, Hospitals, Rush-Presbyterian.

(Sacred Heart Hospital), Robert F. Karolevitz (1997). A Commitment to Care: The First 100 Years of Sacred Heart Hospital, 1897-1997. (Mission Hill, SD: Dakota Homestead Publishers, 128 p.). Sacred Heart Hospital (Yankton, S.D.)--History; Catholic hospitals--South Dakota--Yankton--History; Hospitals--South Dakota--Yankton--History.

(Salem Hospital), John McMillan (1996). A Century of Service, 1896-1996. (Salem, OR: Salem Hospital, 124 p.). Salem Hospital (Salem, Or.)--History; Hospitals--Oregon--Salem--History.

(Scott and White Memorial Hospital), Patricia K. Benoit (1992). For the Good of Humanity: A Century of Surgery at Scott & White, 1892-1992. (Temple, TX: Scott & White Memorial Hospital, 107 p.). Scott and White Clinic (Temple, Tex.)--History; Santa Fe Memorial Hospital--History; Scott & White Santa Fe Center--History; Surgery--Texas--Temple--History.

(Smith & Nephew), James Foreman-Peck (1995). Smith & Nephew in the Health Care Industry. (Brookfield, VT: Edward Elgar, 269 p.). Smith & Nephew Medical; Pharmacy--Great Britain--History; Pharmacy--history--Great Britain.

(Staten Island University Hospital), Kathryn Levy Feldman (2005). Staten Island University Hospital: A History of Service. (Phoenix, AZ: Heritage Publishers,    p.). Staten Island University Hospital; Hospital care--Economic aspects--United States.

(Sunrider International), Robert A. Henrie (1999). Journey to the Sun: The Journey of Tei Fu Chen: The Legacy of Sunrider International. (Salt Lake City, UT: R. A. Henrie, 319 p.). Chen, Tei Fu; Sunrider International--History; Herb industry--United States--History; Dermatologic agents industry--United States--History; Weight loss preparations industry--United States--History; Businessmen--United States--Biography; Taiwanese Americans--Biography.

(Texas Medical Center), Frederick C. Elliott; edited, with an introduction by William Henry Kellar; foreword by Richard E. Wainerdi (2004). The Birth of the Texas Medical Center: A Personal Account. (College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 264 p.). One of the Nine Signers of the original charter establishing the Texas Medical Center in 1945, Executive Director from 1952-63. Elliott, Frederick C.; Texas Medical Center--History; Medical centers--Texas--Houston--History; Health facilities--Texas--Houston--History. Eyewitness account of founding of Texas Medical Center; political struggles of finding funding and property for building of the center , conflicts regarding innovative treatments, procedures for inter-institutional cooperation.

(Traverse City State Hospital), Chris Miller (2005). Traverse City State Hospital. (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub., 128 p.). Traverse City State Hospital (Mich.)--History; Northern Michigan Asylum at Traverse City--History; Traverse City (Mich.)--History. Served  mental health needs of large part of Michigan for 104 years until closure in 1989; housed population as large as 3,000.

(Vermont State Hospital), Marsha R. Kincheloe and Herbert G. Hunt, Jr. (1989). Empty Beds: A History of Vermont State Hospital. (Barre, VT: M. Kincheloe, 245 p.). Vermont State Hospital; State hospitals--Vermont--History; Hospitals, State--history--Vermont.

(Wellesley Hospital), Eds. edited by David Goyette, Dennis William Magill, and Jeff Denis (2006). Survival Strategies: The Life, Death and Renaissance of a Canadian Teaching Hospital. (Toronto, ON: Canadian Scholars’ Press, 501 p.). Wellesley Hospital--History; Wellesley Central Hospital--History; Teaching hospitals--Ontario--Toronto--History.

(Wesley Medical Research Institutes), Craig Miner (2000). Studying to Care: A History of Wesley Medical Research Institutes, 1949-1999. (Wichita, KS: Wesley Medical Research Institutes, 116 p.). Wesley Medical Research Institutes (Wichita, Kan.)--History.

(Wyoming Medical Center), Rebecca A. Hunt (2011). Wyoming Medical Center: A Centennial History. (Virginia Beach, VA Donning Co. Publishers, 144 p.). Wyoming Medical Center --History; Wyoming Medical Center --History --Pictorial works; Hospitals --Wyoming --Casper --History; Hospital care --Wyoming --Casper --History; Medical personnel --Wyoming --Casper --History; Casper (Wyo.) --History; Casper (Wyo.) --Social conditions.

(Yale-New Haven Hospital), Wendy Murphy (2001). A Leader of Substance: Yale-New Haven Hospital at 175 Years. (Lyme, CT: Greenwich Pub. Group, 144 p.). Yale-New Haven Hospital--History; Hospitals--Connecticut--New Haven--History.

(Yoga), Robert Love (2010). The Great Oom: The Improbable Birth of Yoga in America. (New York, NY: Viking, 416 p.). Former Managing Editor of Rolling Stone, Former Executive Editor of Best Life. Yoga; United States --Religion. American obsession, from moonlit Tantric rituals in San Francisco to arrival in New York - Wall Streeters, Gilded Age heiresses adopted teachings of Pierre Bernard, trained with Indian master and instructed wealthy followers in  asanas, modern yogic lifestyle; bankrolled luxurious ashram on Hudson River-first in nation; his salesman's persistence sustained interest in yoga despite generations of naysayers; forgotten life, times of colorful, enigmatic character who brought hatha yoga; murky intersection of mysticism, money, celebrity gave rise to creation of one of America's most popular practices, $5 billion-dollar industry.

Pierre Bernard - Yoga (http://people.vanderbilt.edu/~richard.s.stringer-hye/trial.gif) 

(Yoga), Stefanie Syman (2010). The Subtle Body: The Story of Yoga in America. (New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 400 p.). Yoga; Leisure --Economic aspects --United States; Big business --United States; United States --Religion. How succession of charismatic yoga teachers,  practitioners transformed yoga from centuries-old spiritual discipline to multibillion-dollar American industry; how seemingly arcane, foreign practice is as deeply rooted in American society as baseball or ballet.

George Anders (1996). Health against Wealth: HMOs and the Breakdown of Medical Trust. (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 299 p.). Health maintenance organizations--United States; Health Maintenance Organizations--United States; Insurance, Health--trends--United States. 

Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele (2004). Critical Condition: How Health Care in America Became Big Business-- and Bad Medicine. (New York, NY: Doubleday, 304 p.). Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative team, Editors at Large (Time Magazine). Medical care, Cost of--United States; Insurance, Health--United States; Medical policy--United States; Medical economics--United States; Medical care--United States.

Daniel Benamouzig (2005). La Sante au Miroir de l’Economie: Une Histoire de l’Economie de la Sante en France. (Paris, FR: Presses Universitaires de France, 479 p.). Medical economics--France--History.

E. Richard Brown(1979). Rockefeller Medicine Men: Medicine and Capitalism in America. (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 283 p.). Rockefeller Foundation--History; Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching--History; Medicine--United States--History--20th century; Medical policy--Business community participation--United States--History--20th century; Charities, Medical--United States--History--20th century; Medical economics--United States--History--20th century; Medical education--United States--History--20th century; United States--Economic conditions--1865-1918.

Shannon Brownlee (2007). Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer. (New York, NY: Bloomsbury, 352 p.). Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation. Medical care--United States; Medical care--Utilization--United States. Health care system delivers huge amounts of unnecessary care,   wasteful, can imperil health of patients; specialists rewarded more for some procedures than for appropriate ones; Veterans Health Administration outperforms rest of American health care system on multiple measures of quality; patients in hospitals that spent most were 2%-6% more likely to die than patients in hospitals that spent least.

Richard Carter (1958). The Doctor Business. (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 283 p.). Medical economics--United States. Critical view of American Medical Association.

Mary G. Clark (2001). One in a Million: A Memoir. (Scranton, PA: University of Scranton Press, 259 p.). Medical Pioneer. Clark, Mary G., 1932- ; Businesswomen -- Pennsylvania -- Biography; Alternative medicine -- Pennsylvania -- Biography; Christian biography.

David Dranove (2000). The Economic Evolution of American Health Care: From Marcus Welby to Managed Care. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 211 p.). Managed care plans (Medical care)--Economic aspects--United States; Medical care--Economic aspects--United States; Public health--Economic aspects--United States.

Julie M. Fenster (2005). Mavericks, Miracles, and Medicine: The Pioneers Who Risked Their Lives To Bring Medicine into the Modern Age. (New York, NY: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 304 p.). Medicine--History; Medical innovations; Medicine--Biography; History of Medicine, Modern--Biography.

Eric A. Finkelstein, Laurie Zuckerman (2008). The Fattening of America: How the Economy Makes Us Fat, If It Matters, and What To Do About It. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 274 p.). Health Economist (RTI International); Journalist. Obesity--Economic aspects--United States. Economic drivers behind obesity epidemic, financial impact of obesity on society; companies that encourage obesity, companies that provide weight loss products profit handsomely from obesity; employers, government, taxpayers, military lose; need to revise farm subsidies, create incentives for healthy behaviors, discourage production of high-caloric foods.

Laura Fraser (1997). Losing It: America's Obsession with Weight and the Industry That Feeds On It. (New York, NY: Dutton, 328 p.). Weight loss--Social aspects--United States; Weight loss preparations industry--United States.

Eds. Martin Gorsky and Sally Sheard (2006). Financing Medicine: The British Experience Since 1750. (New York, NY: Routledge, 258 p.). Medical care, Cost of--Great Britain--History; Delivery of Health Care--economics--Great Britain; Delivery of Health Care--history--Great Britain; Financing, Organized--history--Great Britain; Health Care Sector--history--Great Britain; History, 18th Century--Great Britain; History, 19th Century--Great Britain; History, 20th Century--Great Britain. 

Bradford H. Gray (1991). The Profit Motive and Patient Care: The Changing Accountability of Doctors and Hospitals. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 440 p.). Medical economics--United States; Hospitals--United States--Business management; Medical care--United States; Delivery of Health Care--trends--United States; Economics, Hospital--trends--United States; Economics, Medical--trends--United States; Financial Management--trends--United States; Hospitals--trends--United States.

Deborah Haas-Wilson (2003). Managed Care and Monopoly Power: The Antitrust Challenge. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 238 p.). Professor of Economics (Smith College). Medical care--United States; Medical economics--United States; Managed care plans (Medical care)--United States; Monopolies. Economic concepts necessary to enforcement of antitrust laws in health care markets; argument for principled, economics-based health care antitrust policy.

Regina E. Herzlinger (1997). Market-Driven Health Care: Who Wins, Who Loses in the Transformation of America's Largest Service Industry. (Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Pub., 379 p.). Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Medical care--United States--Cost control; Patient satisfaction--United States; Health services accessibility--United States; Medical economics--United States; Medical care--United States.

--- (2007). Who Killed Health Care?: America’s $2 Trillion Medical Problem -- and the Consumer-Driven Cure. (New York, NY: Mc-Graw Hill, 304 p.). Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration (Harvard Business School). Medical care--United States--Cost control; Patient satisfaction--United States; Health services accessibility--United States; Medical economics--United States; Medical care--United States. Current system organized around payers, providers not needs of users; consumer-driven system:1) insurance money in hands of patients, 2) remove middleman, 3) give employers cost relief, 4) smaller, disease-focused medical facilities, 5) national system of medical records, 6) mandatory performance evaluations, 7) mandatory health insurance with subsidies for those who cannot afford it.

Eds. Marl S. R. Jenner and Patrick Wallis (2007). Medicine and the Market in England and Its Colonies, c.1450-c.1850. (New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. Senior Lecturer in History (University of York); Lecturer in Economic History (London School of Economics and Political Science). Medical economics--Great Britain--History; Medical care--Great Britain--History; Medicine--Great Britain--History; Medical economics--Great Britain--Colonies--History; Medical care--Great Britain--Colonies--History; Medicine--Great Britain--Colonies--History; Economics, Medical--history--England; Economics, Medical--history--India; Economics, Medical--history--New England; Delivery of Health Care--history--England; Delivery of Health Care--history--India; Delivery of Health Care--history--New England; History, Early Modern 1451-1600--England; History, Early Modern 1451-1600--India; History, Early Modern 1451-1600--New England; History, Modern 1601---England; History, Modern 1601---India; History, Modern 1601---New England. Pre-modern 'medical marketplace'; medicine and market in England, North America, India between 15th and 19th centuries: magic, midwifery, professionalization;  how healthcare operated, changed over this period.

Jerome P. Kassirer (2005). On the Take: How America's Complicity with Big Business Can Endanger Your Health. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 251 p.). Former Editor-in-Chief (The New England Journal of Medicine). Physicians--Professional ethics--United States; Pharmaceutical industry--Corrupt practices--United States; Medical ethics--United States; Conflict of interests; Gifts; Practice Management, Medical--ethics; Conflict of Interest; Physician Incentive Plans--ethics; Physician's Practice Patterns--ethics; Physician's Role; Physician-Patient Relations--ethics. Billion-dollar onslaught of industry money has deflected many physicians' moral compasses, directly impacted the everyday care we receive from doctors and institutions we trust most.

John A. Kastor (2001). Mergers of Teaching Hospitals: in Boston, New York, and Northern California. (Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 487 p.). Teaching hospitals--Administration--Case studies; Hospital mergers--Case studies; Multihospital systems--Case studies; Hospitals--Shared services--Case studies. Mergers of hospitals can be risky.

Bettyann Holtzmann Kevles (1997). Naked to the Bone: Medical Imaging in the Twentieth Century. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 378 p.). Science Writer. Diagnostic imaging--History; Radiography, Medical--History. 

Betty Leyerle (1984). Moving and Shaking American Medicine: The Structure of a Socioeconomic Transformation (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 218 p.). Medical economics -- United States; Social medicine -- United States. Series Contributions in economics and economic history.

--- (1994). The Private Regulation of American Health Care (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 229 p.). Medical care -- United States -- History; Medical economics -- United States; Medical care -- Law and legislation -- United States.

Arthur J. Linenthal (1990). First a Dream: The History of Boston’s Jewish Hospitals, 1896 to 1928. (Boston, MA: Beth Israel Hospital in association with The Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, 737 p.). Mount Sinai Hospital (Boston, Mass.); Beth Israel Hospital (Boston, Mass.); Jewish hospitals--Massachusetts--Boston--History; Hospitals, Private--history--Boston.

Barbara Bridgman Perkins (2004). The Medical Delivery Business: Health Reform, Childbirth, and the Economic Order. (Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 252 p.). Health services administration--Economic aspects--United States; Health planning--Economic aspects--United States; Medical economics--United States; Medical policy--United States--History; Health care reform--United States--History; Maternal health services--Economic aspects--United States. 

Elizabeth Pisani (2008). The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels, and the Business of AIDS. (New York, NY: Norton, 288 p.). Epidemiologist Researching AIDS. AIDS (Disease)--Prevention; Epidemiologists Biography; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--prevention & control; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--economics; HIV Infections; Health Policy; Sexual Behavior. How profession works - waste, fraud, arrogance of Aids industry; how easy to draw wrong conclusions from "objective" data; how much money spent very badly.

Allyson M. Pollock, with Colin Leys ... [et al (2004). NHS Plc: The Privatisation of Our Health Care. (New York, NY: Verso, 256 p.). Professor of Health Policy and Chair of the Health Policy and Health Services Research Unit (University College, London). Great Britain. National Health Service; Great Britain. National Health Service; National health services--Economic aspects--Great Britain; Health services administration--Great Britain; Medical care--Great Britain--Finance; Medical policy--Great Britain; Privatization--Great Britain; State Medicine--economics--Great Britain; Health Care Sector--trends--Great Britain; Marketing of Health Services--economics--Great Britain; Privatization--economics--Great Britain. 

Michael E. Porter, Elizabeth Olmstead Teisberg (2005). Redefining Health Care: Creating Positive-Sum Competition To Deliver Value. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 432 p.). Bishop William Lawrence University Professor at Harvard Business School; Associate Professor at the Darden Graduate School of Business (University of Virginia). Medical care--Quality control; Medical care--Cost control; Medical care--Cost effectiveness; Value analysis (Cost control); Competition; Delivery of Health Care--economics--United States; Economic Competition--United States; Quality of Health Care--economics--United States; Health Care Costs--United States. Positive-sum competition in health care to improve quality and efficiency.

Darryl J. Roberts (1997). Profits of Death: An Insider Exposes the Death Care Industries. (Chandler, AZ: Five Star Publications, 238 p.). Undertakers and undertaking--United States; Undertakers and undertaking--Social aspects--United States; Funeral rites and ceremonies--United States; Consumer education--United States.

Debora L. Spar (2005). The Baby Business: Elite Eggs, Designer Genes, and the Thriving Commerce of Conception. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 302 p.). Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Human reproductive technology--Economic aspects; Infertility--Treatment--Economic aspects; Surrogate motherhood--Economic aspects; Adoption--Economic aspects; Infertility--therapy; Adoption; Commerce; Genetic Services--economics; Reproductive Medicine--economics; Reproductive Techniques--economics; Socioeconomic Factors; Surrogate Mothers. Commercial truth about reproduction - a $3 billion unregulated industry.

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Douglas Starr (1998). Blood: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce. (New York, NY: Knopf, 441 p.). Co-Director, Graduate Program in Science Journalism (Boston University). Blood banks--History. 

Rosemary Stevens (1989). In Sickness and in Wealth: American Hospitals in the Twentieth Century. (New York, NY: Basic Books, 432 p.). Hospitals--United States--History--20th century; Hospitals--history--United States.

Andrea Tone (2001). Devices and Desires: A History of Contraceptives in America. (New York, NY: Hill & Wang, 366 p.). Birth control--United States--History; Contraceptives--United States--History. 

Barbra Mann Wall (2005). Unlikely Entrepreneurs: Catholic Sisters and the Hospital Marketplace, 1865-1925. (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 344 p.). Assistant Professor of Nursing (Purdue University). Catholic hospitals--United States--Administration--History--19th century; Catholic hospitals--United States--Administration--History--20th century; Monasticism and religious orders for women--United States--History--19th century; Monasticism and religious orders for women--United States--History--20th century; Pastoral medicine--Catholic Church--History--19th century; Pastoral medicine--Catholic Church--History--20th century; Hospitals, Religious--history--United States; Catholicism--United States; History, 19th Century--United States; History, 20th Century--United States; Hospitals, Religious--economics--United States. 

James Wynbrandt (1998). The Excruciating History of Dentistry / Toothsome Tales & Oral Oddities from Babylon to Braces. (New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 248 p.). Comedy Writer. Dentistry--History.

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Business History Links

American College of Healthcare Executives                                        http://www.ache.org/                                            

International professional society of nearly 30,000 healthcare executives.

American Hospital Association                                                            http://www.aha.org                                              

Founded in 1898, the American Hospital Association (AHA) is the national umbrella organization that represents a wide range of hospitals and health care networks. While some of the site's contents are designed for health care professionals and executives, the general public and some scholars will find some of the features, such as their quarterly reports on the latest in hospital trends, quite valuable. A good place to start is the Resource Center section of the site, which contains helpful guides to locating the information on the site itself. There are a number of free resources available here, such as a fact sheet about America's hospitals and studies, including "The State of America's Hospitals: Taking the Pulse" and "Costs of Caring: Sources of Growth in Spending for Hospital Care".

American Institute of the History of Pharmacy                                  www.aihp.org                                                          

Non-profit national organization devoted to advancing knowledge and understanding of the place of pharmacy in history. The mission is to contribute to the understanding of the development of civilization by fostering the creation, preservation, and dissemination of knowledge concerning the history and related humanistic aspects of the pharmaceutical field.

Medicine and Madison Avenue                                                         http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/mma/                                       

This website explores the complex relationships between modern medicine and modern advertising, or "Madison Avenue," as the latter is colloquially termed. The Medicine and Madison Avenue Project presents images and database information for approximately 600 health-related advertisements printed in newspapers and magazines. These ads illustrate the variety and evolution of marketing images from the 1910s through the 1950s. The collection represents a wide range of products such as cough and cold remedies, laxatives and indigestion aids, and vitamins and tonics, among others. In addition to the advertisements themselves, the MMA website includes historical material -- non-graphical text-only documents -- that put health-related advertising into a broader perspective.

History of Pepto-Bismol                                                                    http://www.pepto-bismol.com/history.htm                

Introduced in 1901 by a doctor in New York state.

"We Have Conquered Pain": A Celebration of Ether 1846-1996          http://neurosurgery.mgh.harvard.edu/History/ether1.htm        

This site celebrates the 150th anniversary of "one of the greatest moments in medicine ... [when] William T.G. Morton, a Boston dentist, demonstrated the use of ether during surgery" at Massachusetts General Hospital. Features brief background about "the controversy surrounding four men who each claim to be the first to discover the means to prevent pain during surgery." Also includes a discussion of surgery before anesthesia and the development of anesthesia. From Massachusetts General Hospital.