History of Medicine

2000
ISBN: 978-0-333-93070-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 424 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 227 mm, Gewicht: 832 g

History of Medicine provides a brief survey of the history of Western medicine with reference to recent scholarly literature and current issues in health care. Organised conceptually around the major fields of medical endeavour, this book provides an accessible overview of medical history as a vibrant component of social, intellectual and cultural history, and as a research discipline in its own right. Duffin's clear and entertaining prose and the many illustrations will help to demystify medicine for general readers and for students in other disciplines, such as history, philosophy and sociology.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Duffin, Jacalyn

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations.- List of Tables.- Acknowledgements.- Introduction: Heroes and Villains in the History of Medicine.- The Fabricated Body: History of Anatomy.- Interrogating Life: History of Physiology.- Science of Suffering: History of Pathology.- First Do No Harm: History of Pharmacology.- On Being a Doctor: History of Health-Care Delivery.- Plagues and Peoples: Epidemic Diseases in History.- Why is Blood Special? Changing Concepts of a Vital Humour.- Technology and Disease: The Stethoscope and Physical Diagnosis.- Work of the Hand: History of Surgery.- Women's Medicine and Medicine's Women: History of Obstetrics and Gynecology.- Wrestling with Demons: History of Psychiatry.- No Baby, No Nation: History of Pediatrics.- A Many-Faceted Gem: Decline and Rebirth of Family Medicine.- Sleuthing and Science: How to Research a Question in Medical History.- Appendix A: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1901-1998.- Appendix B: Resources and Research Tools for the History of Medicine.- Appendix C: Educational Objectives of this Book.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

JACALYN DUFFIN is Jason A. Hannah Professor of the History of Medicine at Queen's University in Canada.