Major Problems in the History of American Medicine and Public Health: Documents and EssaysThis text presents a carefully selected group of readings on medical history and development that allow students to evaluate primary sources, test the interpretations of distinguished historians, and draw their own conclusions. |
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Contents
Susan Reverby and David Rosner Medical Culture and Historical Practice | 3 |
Charles E Rosenberg Medicines Institutional History and Its Policy | 9 |
James T Patterson Disease in the History of Medicine and Public Health | 17 |
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| Title | Major Problems in the History of American Medicine and Public Health: Documents and Essays Major problems in American history series |
| Editors | John Harley Warner, Janet A. Tighe |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin, 2001 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jan 27, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0395954355, 9780395954355 |
| Length | 539 pages |
| Subjects | › Medical / History |
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