Health, Civilization and the State: A History of Public Health from Ancient to Modern TimesThis book examines the social, economic and political issues of public health provision in historical perspective. It outlines the development of public health in Britain, Continental Europe and the United States from the ancient world through to the modern state. It includes discussion of: * pestilence, public order and morality in pre-modern times |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Part 1 Population health and premodern states | 9 |
Part 2 The right to health and the modern state | 61 |
Part 3 The obligations of health in the twentieth century | 163 |
Part 4 Preparing for the twenty first century | 279 |
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Health, Civilization and the State: A History of Public Health from Ancient ... Dorothy Porter No preview available - 1998 |
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