Sickness, medical welfare and the English poor, 1750-1834 /

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This book explores the medical world of the poor and the Old Poor Law in the period 1750-1834. Encountering the sick poor in their own words and everyday situations, I offer a new and more positive view of English welfare.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: King, Steven, 1966- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester, Michigan : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Colección:Social histories of medicine.
Temas:
1700-1899
Poor > Medical care > England > History > 18th century.
Poor > Medical care > England > History > 19th century.
Medicine > History > 18th century.
History, 18th Century
Poverty > history
Pauvres > Soins médicaux > Angleterre > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Pauvres > Soins médicaux > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 18e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Medicine
Poor > Medical care
Social conditions
England > Social conditions > 18th century.
England > Social conditions > 19th century.
England
Angleterre > Conditions sociales > 18e siècle.
Angleterre > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Part I Locating sickness and medical welfare; The ecology of poor relief; Defining and measuring; Negotiating medical welfare; Part II The scale and character of medical welfare; Treating the sick poor: a quantitative overview; Medical people; Wider medical welfare; Dying, being buried and leaving people behind; Part III Parochial medical welfare in context; Institutions and the sick poor; The medical economy of makeshifts; Making sense of diversity; Appendix; Bibliography; Index

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