Caring for Health
Subtitle: History and Diversity (Health and Disease, Book 6)
Edition: Rev Sub edition
Publisher: Open University Press
Published: May 1993
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780335191185
Subjects: Health systems & services; History of medicine; Social history; Social welfare & social services; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; Health Care; Medical / Nursing; Health/Fitness; Health Care Delivery; Europe; Great Britain; History; Medical care; Social medicine
First sentence: This book builds on the discussion of the growth of medical knowledge and medical technology in an earlier book in this series, Medical Knowledge: Doubt and Certainty (Open University Press, second edition 1994; colour-enhanced second edition 2001), which also introduced the concepts of lay care, traditional or folk systems of health care, and complementary and alternative therapies - subjects to which we return in this book.