An introduction to the social history of medicine :
Waddington, Keir, 1970-
An introduction to the social history of medicine : Europe since 1500 / Keir Waddington. - Houndsmill, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. - xiii, 394 p. : ill., ports.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgements Abbreviations Preface Understanding the History of Medicine: Historiography Disease, Illness and Society Medicine and Religion Women, Health and Medicine Medical Self-Help and the Market for Medicine Anatomy and Medicine Surgery Hospitals Practitioners and Professionalization Science and the Practice of Medicine Nursing Public Health Healthcare and the State Medicine and Empire Medicine and Warfare The Rise of the Asylum Afterword Index.
"An Introduction to the Social History of Medicine is a one-volume, detailed survey of the major debates and themes in the history of western medicine, from the early modern period to the present. Combining specialized knowledge with new ways of thinking about the subject, this lucidly written, illustrated text brings together the latest research with a fresh approach to the history of medicine and explores traditional views and questions existing orthodoxies. Features: Surveys the major topics and themes in the history of medicine - Assesses current historiography - Covers the experience of sickness, as well as its treatment - Provides chronologies and guides to further reading to aid further study. This accessible but challenging new textbook is the essential introduction to the history of medicine"--Provided by publisher.
UNEDITED/RIHAM/2012/MAR
9781403946928 (hbk.) 1403946922 (hbk.) 9781403946935 (pbk.) 1403946930 (pbk.)
2011034495
History of Medicine
History, Early Modern 1451-1600
History, Modern 1601-
Europe
WZ 70 GA1 2011WA
An introduction to the social history of medicine : Europe since 1500 / Keir Waddington. - Houndsmill, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. - xiii, 394 p. : ill., ports.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgements Abbreviations Preface Understanding the History of Medicine: Historiography Disease, Illness and Society Medicine and Religion Women, Health and Medicine Medical Self-Help and the Market for Medicine Anatomy and Medicine Surgery Hospitals Practitioners and Professionalization Science and the Practice of Medicine Nursing Public Health Healthcare and the State Medicine and Empire Medicine and Warfare The Rise of the Asylum Afterword Index.
"An Introduction to the Social History of Medicine is a one-volume, detailed survey of the major debates and themes in the history of western medicine, from the early modern period to the present. Combining specialized knowledge with new ways of thinking about the subject, this lucidly written, illustrated text brings together the latest research with a fresh approach to the history of medicine and explores traditional views and questions existing orthodoxies. Features: Surveys the major topics and themes in the history of medicine - Assesses current historiography - Covers the experience of sickness, as well as its treatment - Provides chronologies and guides to further reading to aid further study. This accessible but challenging new textbook is the essential introduction to the history of medicine"--Provided by publisher.
UNEDITED/RIHAM/2012/MAR
9781403946928 (hbk.) 1403946922 (hbk.) 9781403946935 (pbk.) 1403946930 (pbk.)
2011034495
History of Medicine
History, Early Modern 1451-1600
History, Modern 1601-
Europe
WZ 70 GA1 2011WA