An introduction to the social history of medicine: Europe since 1500

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. KEIR WADDINGTON is Reader in the Social History of Medicine and Head of History at Cardiff University, UK. He has written a number of books on the history of hospitals, asylums, medical education and public health. He is closely involved with the Society for the Social History of Medicine. INDICE: 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 -

• ISBN: 978-1-4039-4693-5
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 408
• Fecha Publicación: 02/12/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés