Medical History

ISBN-13: 9781352002713 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 188 str.

Ian Miller

Opis

Synthesising historiographical material ranging from the 19th to 21st centuries, Medical History provides a concise but comprehensive overview of the key theoretical debates in medical history, encouraging readers to consider the potential uses of medical history to medical practice and historiographical debate.

Spis treści

Preface.- 1. History of Medical History.- 2. Disease.- 3. Mental Well-Being.- 4. Health.- 5. Eating.- 6. Global Health.- 7. Patients.- 8. The limits of medicine: ethics and technologies.- 9. Conclusion.- Notes.- Glossary.- Index.

O autorze

Ian Miller is Lecturer in History at Ulster University, UK