MEDICINE IN THE MAKING OF MODERN BRITAIN, 1700-1920 by Christopher Lawrence ( 9780415091688 )

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MEDICINE IN THE MAKING OF MODERN BRITAIN, 1700-1920

By:

Christopher Lawrence

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0415091683

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

14 July, 1994

Series:

Historical Connections

Pages:

120

Description:

This critical overview of medicine's place in the development of modern Britain examines the significance of the clinical encounter in contemporary society. Lawrence assembles specialized scholarship and demonstrates how the medical profession has created a specific role for itself.

Synopsis:

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

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