Health and Wellness in the 20th Century

This thorough examination of the human experience of medicine and health care in the 20th-century explores both the great strides forward and the major challenges, touching on conventional and non-conventional areas of practice worldwide.

About the author

Karl Birkelbach is a postgraduate student in history at the University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia. He was a contributor to ABC-CLIO's Encyclopedia of Pestilence, Pandemics, and Plagues.

Product details

• Authors: Karl Birkelbach
• Publisher: Greenwood Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 31.05.2012, delayed
• EAN: 9780313382673
• ISBN: 978-0-313-38267-3
• No. of pages: 253
• Series: Health and Wellness in Daily Life; Health and Wellness in Daily Life
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General