Aging bones : a short history of osteoporosis /

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This book makes a historical inquiry into how the normal aging of bones was transformed into a medical diagnosis requiring treatment. -- Publisher description.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Grob, Gerald N., 1931-2015 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, [2014]
Series:Johns Hopkins biographies of disease.
Subjects:
Osteoporosis > United States > History.
Osteoporosis > history
Ostéoporose > États-Unis > Histoire.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Osteoporosis.
Osteoporose
United States
United States.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • History and demography
  • Origins of a diagnosis
  • The transformation of osteoporosis
  • Popularizing a diagnosis
  • Internationalizing osteoporosis
  • Therapeutic expansion
  • Osteoporosis triumphant?

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