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xiii, 394 p. : 24 cm "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 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 an

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Author

Waddington, Keir, 1970-

Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic; Bloomsbury

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781403946935

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Medical, History, Medicine