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Item Details
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PATIENT'S PROGRESS
SICKNESS, HEALTH AND MEDICAL CARE, 1650-1850 |
| By: |
Dorothy Porter, Roy Porter |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£60.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0745602517 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780745602516 |
| Publisher: |
POLITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 September, 1989 |
| Series: |
Medicine & Society |
| Pages: |
314 |
| Description: |
Pre-modern society was overshadowed by illness and the threat of death. This book examines the sick in Britain between 1650-1850, focusing on the personal and sociological bonds between patients and doctors, examining in particular the economic and ethical dimensions of this relationship. |
| Synopsis: |
Pre-modern society was overshadowed by illness and the threat of death. This outstanding book examines what people did when they fell sick in England between 1650 and 1850. |
| Illustrations: |
black & white illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Polity Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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