Medicine in the Making of Modern Britain, 1700-1920 by Christopher Lawrence (9781134873821)

Description - Medicine in the Making of Modern Britain, 1700-1920 by Christopher Lawrence

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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Medicine in the Making of Modern Britain, 1700-1920

Christopher Lawrence

Description - Medicine in the Making of Modern Britain, 1700-1920 by Christopher Lawrence

Other Editions - Medicine in the Making of Modern Britain, 1700-1920 by Christopher Lawrence

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