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Hospital politics in seventeenth-century France : the crown, urban elites, and the poor /
This book explores poor relief and charitable health care in French cities during the seventeenth century, a period that witnessed much reform and change in the way these services were administered. By reintegrating the social aspirations of urban elites into the history of French poor relief, it sh...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate Pub.,
©2007.
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| Colección: | History of medicine in context.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book explores poor relief and charitable health care in French cities during the seventeenth century, a period that witnessed much reform and change in the way these services were administered. By reintegrating the social aspirations of urban elites into the history of French poor relief, it shows how they initiated reform in towns and cities when it suited them, but where such reforms were not perceived as needed, or not affordable, they ignored central government edicts to build new institutions. In other words, reforms of poor relief and health welfare were local and shaped by local ex. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (191 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780754684343 0754684342 9780754657620 0754657620 |