Major Problems in the History of American Medicine and Public Health: Documents and EssaysJohn Harley Warner, Janet Ann Tighe This 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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... . from a recognition of the improved state of medical science 298 Major Problems in the History of American Medicine and Public Health Numbers • Physicians, Community, and the Qualified Ascent of American Medical Profession.
... . from a recognition of the improved state of medical science 298 Major Problems in the History of American Medicine and Public Health Numbers • Physicians, Community, and the Qualified Ascent of American Medical Profession.
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... Medical and Surgical Journal explained , the physician's relationship to the nursing staff was to be " like that of the captain to his ship . " To win acceptance and approval from the medical profession , nurses themselves went out of ...
... Medical and Surgical Journal explained , the physician's relationship to the nursing staff was to be " like that of the captain to his ship . " To win acceptance and approval from the medical profession , nurses themselves went out of ...
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... practitioners . Ten years later it disregarded the will of the medical profession and , like legislatures in many other states , voted to create a separate chiropractic board of examiners . In the early 1930s one study of medical care ...
... practitioners . Ten years later it disregarded the will of the medical profession and , like legislatures in many other states , voted to create a separate chiropractic board of examiners . In the early 1930s one study of medical care ...
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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