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Making Medicine a Business

X-ray Technology, Global Competition, and the Transformation of the Japanese Medical System, 1895-1945

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Authors:
  1. Pierre-Yves Donzé

    1. Osaka University, Toyonaka, Japan

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  • Trail blazes an innovative set of historical and economic analyses to explain the emergence of a major business sector

  • Explains the economics behind the emergence of technological and medical innovations focusing not only on breakthroughs but also mass access to medicine

  • Offers insights into the ongoing challenges of offering medical access globally using examples of past successes

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Pierre-Yves DonzĂ©
    Pages 1-13

  3. The Emergence of an Industry

    • Pierre-Yves DonzĂ©
    Pages 15-56

  4. The Birth of a New Medical Discipline

    • Pierre-Yves DonzĂ©
    Pages 57-105

  5. Cooperation Between Firms and Doctors

    • Pierre-Yves DonzĂ©
    Pages 107-128

  6. The Diffusion of Radiology and Its Effects on Hospital Management

    • Pierre-Yves DonzĂ©
    Pages 129-152

  7. Regulating the Healthcare System

    • Pierre-Yves DonzĂ©
    Pages 153-172

  8. Conclusion

    • Pierre-Yves DonzĂ©
    Pages 173-179

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 181-199
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About this book

This book goes back to the origins of the transformation of health and medicine into a business, during the first part of the twentieth century, focusing on the example of Japan. In the past hundred years, medicine has gone from being a charitable activity to a large economic sector, amounting to 12–15% of the GDP in many developed countries, and one of the fastest-growing businesses around the world. Despite the mounting presence of the medical industry, there is a lack of academic work detailing this major transformation. The objective of this book is to fill this gap and address the following question: how did medicine become a business? Using over ten years of research in the field, Pierre-Yves Donzé argues that economic factors and business factors were decisive in transforming the way that medicine enters our lives. This book will be of interest to historians of medicine, business historians, health economists, scholars in medical humanities, and more.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Osaka University, Toyonaka, Japan

    Pierre-Yves Donzé

About the author

Pierre-Yves Donzé is a professor of business history at Osaka University, Japan and a visiting professor at Fribourg University, Switzerland.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Making Medicine a Business

  • Book Subtitle: X-ray Technology, Global Competition, and the Transformation of the Japanese Medical System, 1895-1945

  • Authors: Pierre-Yves DonzĂ©

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8159-0

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-8158-3Published: 04 April 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4081-9Published: 09 February 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-8159-0Published: 24 March 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 199

  • Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Economic History, Asian Economics, History of Medicine

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