An Introduction to the Social History of Medicine - Europe Since 1500

Informationen zum Autor KEIR WADDINGTON is Reader in the Social History of Medicine and Head of History at Cardiff University, UK. Klappentext 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 specialised knowledge with new ways of thinking about the subject, this lucidly written, illustrated text explores traditional views and questions existing orthodoxies. Zusammenfassung 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 specialised knowledge with new ways of thinking about the subject, this lucidly written, illustrated text explores traditional views and questions existing orthodoxies. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Keir Waddington, Keir (School of History Waddington, Waddington Keir
• Editore: Bloomsbury Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.10.2011
• EAN: 9781403946935
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-4693-5
• Pagine: 408
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali; B, Medicine, HISTORY / Social History, MEDICAL / History, History of Medicine, c 1500 onwards to present day, Social and cultural history, Medicine—History