Author: LANE, JOAN
Title: The making of the English patient : a guide to sources for the social history of medicine / Joan Lane
Description: Stroud : Sutton 2000. First Edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xv. 208 p. : ill. ports. ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliography (p. [189]-191) and indexes. Contents; Medical apprenticeship and training; nurses and midwives; patients' own accounts of illness; expectation of life; diseases; practitioners' own records; hospitals. lunatic asylums and prisons; charities. dispensaries and friendly societies; pauper patients; medical portraits and memorials. Summary; A collection of original sources for studying the social history of medicine in England from around 1700 to the end of the 19th century. The sources illustrate the main themes in the relationship of medicine to society. especially from the patient's viewpoint. The extracts from diaries. accounts and correspondence include material from record offices and private owners. Material is included from all the English counties and London. as well as national surveys. A minor number of extracts are from well-known sources (for example. Parson Woodforde) not formerly considered a source for the social history of medicine. Topics covered include medical practice and practitioners; nurses and midwives; patients' own accounts of illness; diseases and treatments; mortality; institutions; charities; and the welfare state. Each section has an introduction to the topic. followed by the extracts and suggestions for further reading. A general introduction discusses the sources. where they are to be found. recent research and how to interpret the material. Subjects; Social medicine - England - History - 18th century - Sources. Social medicine - England - History - 19th century - Sources. Medical records - England - History - 18th century - Directories. Medical records - England - History - 19th century - Directories. History of Medicine - England - 18th century. History of Medicine - England - 19th century. Social medicine. Patients. Resources. Medicine - Social aspects - England - History - 19th century - Sources. Medicine - Social aspects - England - History - 18th century - Sources. Medicine - Sources - History - Social aspects - 19th century - England. Medicine - Sources - Social aspects - History - 18th century - England. Public health - History. Social Medicine. history. History. 18th Century. History. 19th Century. Great Britain - Medical history - 18th century - Sources. Great Britain - Medical history - 19th century - Sources. Great Britain - Social History - 18th century - Sources. Great Britain - Social History - 19th century - Sources. Social & cultural history ; Anthropology ; British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900 ; History of medicine. England ; c 1700 to c 1800 ; c 1800 to c 1900. HISTORY / General. ISBN: 0750921463. Weight in Kg appr.:

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