What is medical history? / John Burnham.
- Title
- What is medical history? / John Burnham.
- Published by
- Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2005.
- Author
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| Status | FormatText | AccessRequest in advance | Call numberR131 .B965 2005 | Item locationOff-site |
Details
- Description
- vii, 163 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- Written as a key introductory textbook for students, this work explores the reasons behind the expansion of the field of the history of medicine and health.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Contents
- Where medical history came from -- The first drama: the healer -- The second drama: the sick person -- The third drama: diseases -- The fourth drama: discovering and communicating knowledge -- The fifth drama: medicine and health interacting with society -- Where medical history is going.
- Owning institution
- Harvard Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-153) and index.
- Processing action (note)
- committed to retain