Medicine in the making of modern Britain, 1700-1920
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Medicine in the making of modern Britain, 1700-1920
（Historical connections）
Routledge, 1994
- pbk.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [93]-101) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Christopher Lawrence's critical overview of medicine's place in the development of modern Britain examines the significance of the clinical encounter in contemporary society.
* first short synoptic study of its kind
* breaks new ground by bringing together specialised scholarship into a broad argument
* shows how the medical profession created a very specific role for itself
* relates medicine to general social policy
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Enlightenment
- Chapter 2 The age of reform
- Chapter 3 Modernity
- Conclusion and the beginning
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