Enter the physician
Subtitle: the transformation of domestic medicine, 1760-1860
By: Lamar Riley Murphy.
Series: History of American science and technology series
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
Subjects: Medicine, Popular -- United States -- History; Self-care, Health -- United States -- History; Attitude to Health -- history -- United States; Delivery of Health Care -- trends -- United States; History of Medicine, 18th Cent. -- United States; History of Medicine, 19th Cent. -- United States
Description: Between 1760 and 1860, health publicists transformed medical care by promoting the re-allocation of health-care duties, reflecting social and cultural trends toward new gender and family roles. They envisaged a doctor-patient relationship based on mutual respect and informed interdependence.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-302) and index.