History of Medicine : a scandalously short introduction
Up to date and filled with pithy examples and teaching tools such as a searchable online bibliography, History of Medicine continues to demonstrate the power of historical research to inform current health care practice and enhance cultural understanding
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| Language: | English |
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Toronto, Ontario :
University of Toronto Press ,
2010
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| Edition: | 2nd ed |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction : heroes and villains in the history of medicine
- 2. The fabricated body : history of anatomy
- 3. Interrogating life : history of physiology
- 4. Science of suffering : history of pathology
- 5. First do no harm : history of treatment, pharmacology, and pharmaceuticals
- 6. On becoming and being a doctor : education, licensing, payment, and bioethics
- 7. Plagues and peoples : epidemic diseases in history
- 8. Why is blood special? changing concepts of a vital humor
- 9. Technology and disease : stethoscopes, hospitals, and other gadgets
- 10. Work of the hand : history of surgery
- 11. Women's medicine and medicine's women : history of obstetrics, gynecology, and women
- 12. Wrestling with demons : history of psychiatry
- 13. No baby, no nation : history of pediatrics
- 14. A many-faceted gem : the decline and rebirth of family medicine
- 15. When the patient is plural : public and international health
- 16. Sleuthing and science : how to research a question in medical history