Full Description
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.
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
