FIELD, Mark G(eorge)

FIELD, Mark G(eorge). American (born Switzerland), b. 1923. Genres: Medicine/Health, Sociology. Career: Boston University, MA, professor of sociology, 1962-, now emeritus. Senior sociologist, Dept of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, fellow, associate, 1962-, and adjunct professor, 1988-, School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (associate, Russian Research Center, 1959-61; lecturer in sociology, Harvard Medical School, 1971-72). Publications: Doctor and Patient in Soviet Russia, 1957; The Social Environment and Its Effect on the Soviet Scientist, 1959; Soviet Socialized Medicine: An Introduction, 1967; Technology, Medicine and Society: Effectiveness, Differentiation and Depersonalization, 1968; (with R.E. Berry Jr., D. Koch-Weser, J. Karefa-Smart, and M. Thompson) Evaluating Health Program Impact: The U.S.-Yugoslav Cooperative Research Effort, 1974; Soviet Infant Mortality: A Mystery Story, 1986; (with A. d'Houtaud) La Sante: Approche Psychosociologique, 1989; Success and Crisis in National Health Systems, 1989; Soviet Health Problems and the Convergence Hypothesis, 1991; Soviet Medicine before and after the Fall, 1992; Post-Communist Medicine: Morbidity, Mortality and the Deteriorating Health Situation, 1994; The Health Crisis in the Former Soviet Union: A Report from the "Post-War Zone," 1995; Turf Battles on Medicine Avenue, 1996. EDITOR: The Social Consequences of Modernization in Communist Societies, 1976; (with M. Rosenthal and I. Butler) The Political Dynamics of Physician Manpower Policy, 1990; (with J.L. Twigg) Russia's Torn Safety Nets, 2000. Address: 40 Peacock Farm Rd, Lexington, MA 02421, U.S.A. Online address: mfield@hsph.harvard.edu