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While the welfare functions of workhouses have been well researched, their medical services have been comparatively neglected. Throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, workhouse medicine remained central to the medical experiences of the poor. Historians of welfare and medicine have been...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Reinarz, Jonathan (Editor ), Schwarz, Leonard (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rochester : Woodbridge : Unversity of Rochester Press ; Boydell & Brewer, 2013.
Colección:Rochester studies in medical history ; v. 27.
Temas:
Poor > Medical care > History.
Workhouses > History.
Pauvres > Soins médicaux > Histoire.
Ateliers prisons > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
MEDICAL > Alternative Medicine.
MEDICAL > Atlases.
MEDICAL > Essays.
MEDICAL > Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL > Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Osteopathy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disease & Health Issues.
Poor > Medical care.
Workhouses.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:While the welfare functions of workhouses have been well researched, their medical services have been comparatively neglected. Throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, workhouse medicine remained central to the medical experiences of the poor. Historians of welfare and medicine have been aware of the importance of workhouse-based medical relief in the past, but the topic has not been studied in depth. This is the first book to examine the history of the medical services provided by these welfare institutions, both in Britain and its former colonies, over the period covered by the Ol.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vi, 281 pages)
ISBN:9781580468022
1580468020
1299981348
9781299981348

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