Chronic Disease in the Twentieth Century : A History /

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Chronic Disease in the Twentieth Century challenges the conventional wisdom that the concept of chronic disease emerged because medicine's ability to cure infectious disease led to changing patterns of disease. Instead, it suggests, the concept was constructed and has evolved to serve a variety...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Weisz, George (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Medical policy.
Chronic diseases.
Public health.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
public health.
Medecine > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Politique sanitaire > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Maladies chroniques > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Sante publique.
Politique sanitaire.
Maladies chroniques.
Public Health Practice > history
History, 20th Century
Health Policy > history
Public Health
Health Policy
Chronic Disease
Medical policy > History > 20th century.
Chronic diseases > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "National vitality" and physical examination
  • Expanding public health
  • Almshouses, hospitals, and the sick poor
  • New Deal politics and the National Health Survey
  • Mobilizing against chronic illness at midcentury
  • Long-term care
  • Public health and prevention
  • Health, wealth, and the state
  • Alternative paths in the United Kingdom
  • Maladies chroniques in France.

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