Sickness and health in America
Subtitle: readings in the history of medicine and public health
By: edited by Judith Walzer Leavitt and Ronald L. Numbers.
Contributors: Leavitt, Judith Walzer.; Numbers, Ronald L.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Madison
Language: eng
Number of pages: 587
Subjects: Medicine -- United States -- History.; Public health -- United States -- History.; Medical care -- United States -- History.
Description: An invaluable resource for students, scholars, and general readers, this highly regarded and widely used social history of medicine and public health in the United States is now available in a third edition. Extensively revised and updated, it includes twenty-one new essays; graphs illustrating the rise in deaths caused by HIV, homicide, and suicide; and a greatly expanded Guide to Further Reading. Entirely new sections on Sickness and Health, Early American Medicine, Therapeutics, the Art of Medicine, and Public Health and Personal Hygiene have been added, supplementing updated sections on the Science of Medicine, Education, the Allied Health Professions, Image and Income, Institutions, Race and Medicine, Epidemics, Public Health Reform, and Public Health and Medical Theory. An introductory essay and a series of historical photographs complement the articles.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.