The Social Transformation of American Medicine is a book written by Paul Starr and published by Basic Books in 1982.

[3] Capers Jones wrote, "Paul Starr's book detailed the attempts of the American Medical Association to improve academic training of physicians, establish a canon of professional malpractice to weed out quacks, and to improve the professional status of physicians.

"[4] According to Lester S. King, the book "offers illumnation and stimulation to physicians and laymen alike and can serve as a reference for scholars.

It will give a deeper insight into medical sociology, whose importance to modern life is constantly expanding.

This article about a medical book is a stub.