Donald Madison, Michael McVaugh, and Timothy Miller discuss the social issue of medical care in the United States. In illustration, they cite the statistics that medical expenses increased from 4% in 1950 to 12% in the mid-1980s. How did this situation evolve? Where are the origins–in terms of both recent and distant history–of modern medical care and hospitals?
At the time of this interview, Madison was professor of social and administrative medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. McVaugh was professor of history at UNC-CH. Miller, a Fellow at the National Humanities Center (1982-83), was professor of history and political science at Salisbury State College.
This edition of Soundings was conducted by Wayne J. Pond.
