Medical misadventure in an age of professionalisation, 1780-1890 /

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This book looks at medical professionalisation from a new perspective, one of failure rather than success. It questions the existing picture of broad and rising medical prosperity across the nineteenth century to consider the men who did not keep up with professionalising trends. It unpicks the life...

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Autor principal: Tomkins, Alannah (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Physicians > history.
History, 19th Century.
History, 18th Century.
Malpractice > history.
Physicians.
Medicine.
MEDICAL / History
MEDICAL > Osteopathy.
MEDICAL > Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL > Essays.
MEDICAL > Atlases.
MEDICAL > Alternative Medicine.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
Medicine > Wales > History > 19th century.
Medicine > England > History > 19th century.
Medicine > Wales > History > 18th century.
Medicine > England > History > 18th century.
England.
Wales.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Series page
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Tables
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1 Financial hardship: bankruptcy, insolvency, and medical charity
  • 2 Thwarted ambition and disappointing careers? Narratives of the Indian Medical Service
  • 3 Accident or on purpose? Neglect, incompetence, and unintentional killing
  • 4 Crimes against the body: causing harm
  • 5 Mad doctors: lunacy and the asylum
  • 6 Despairing doctors: professional stress and suicide
  • Conclusion
  • Select bibliography
  • Index.

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