Jerry A Jacobs: 2 books
In Defense of Disciplines
Interdisciplinarity and Specialization in the Research University
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2014
Calls for closer connections among disciplines can be heard throughout the world of scholarly research, from major universities to the National Institutes of Health. In Defense of Disciplines presents a fresh and daring analysis of the argument surrounding interdisciplinarity. Challenging the belief...
The Changing Face of Medicine
Women Doctors and the Evolution of Health Care in America
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The number of women practicing medicine in the United States has grown steadily since the late 1960s, with women now roughly at parity with men among entering medical students. Why did so many women enter American medicine? How are women faring, professionally and personally, once they become physicians?...