Medicine in the making of modern Britain, 1700-1920 /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Christopher Lawrence.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1994.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
106 pages ;
Dimensions
22 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Historical connections
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-101) and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Christopher Lawrence's critical overview of medicine's place in the development of modern Britain examines the significance of the clinical encounter in contemporary society. In the first short synoptic study of its kind, Lawrence breaks new ground by bringing together specialized scholarship into a broad argument, showing how the medical profession created a very specific role for itself and how a vast amount of important social policy decisions flowed from that.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Medical care-- Great Britain-- History.
Medical care-- Great Britain-- Public opinion-- History.
Social medicine-- Great Britain-- History.
History of Medicine.
History, 18th Century.
History, 19th Century.
Médecine sociale-- Grande-Bretagne-- Histoire.
Santé, Services de-- Grande-Bretagne-- Histoire.
Santé, Services de-- Grande-Bretagne-- Opinion publique-- Histoire.