Aging Bones - A Short History of Osteoporosis

The fascinating history in Aging Bones will appeal to students and scholars in the history of medicine, health policy, gerontology, endocrinology, and orthopedics, as well as anyone who has been diagnosed with osteoporosis.

About the author

Gerald N. Grob is the Henry E. Sigerist Professor of the History of Medicine Emeritus at Rutgers University and a senior research associate in psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College. He is the author of eleven books, including The Deadly Truth: A History of Disease in America.

Summary

The fascinating history in Aging Bones will appeal to students and scholars in the history of medicine, health policy, gerontology, endocrinology, and orthopedics, as well as anyone who has been diagnosed with osteoporosis.

Product details

• Authors: Gerald N Grob, Gerald N. Grob, Gerald N. (Henry E. Sigerist Professor of th Grob, Gerald N. (Henry E. Sigerist Professor of the History of Medicine Emeritus Grob
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.06.2014
• EAN: 9781421413181
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-1318-1
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Johns Hopkins Biographies of Disease; Johns Hopkins Biographies of D; Johns Hopkins Biographies of Disease; Johns Hopkins Biographies of D
• Subjects: Fiction > Gift books, albums, perpetual calendars, postcard booklets; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories