| Description |
384 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, portraits ; 27 cm |
| Series |
Health and disease series ; U205 bk. 6 |
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Health and disease series ; U205 bk. 6
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| Contents |
1. History and diversity / Charles Webster -- 2. Pre-Industrial health care, 1500 to 1750 / Margaret Pelling and Mark Harrison -- 3. The Industrial Revolution, 1750 to 1848 / Margaret Pelling, Mark Harrison and Paul Weindling -- 4. The era of public health, 1848 to 1918 / Margaret Pelling, Virginia Berridge and Mark Harrison / [et al.] -- 5. The impact of war and depression, 1918 to 1948 / Virginia Berridge, Mark Harrison and Paul Weindling -- 6. Mobilisation for total welfare, 1948 to 1974 / Virginia Berridge, Charles Webster and Gill Walt -- 7. Caring for health in the UK, 1974 to 2001 / Charles Webster -- 8. Health care in the developing world, 1974 to 2001 / Gill Walt -- 9. International patterns of health care, 1960 to 2001 / Alastair Gray -- 10. Conclusions / Charles Webster |
| Summary |
"This book considers the historical development of Western models of health care from 1500 to the present day. The authors take an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on recent research in medical and social history, to describe the growth of state involvement in health care culminating in the British welfare state model of the twentieth century. While focusing primarily on the United Kingdom, they also trace the impact of European systems of health care on colonial territories in the past, and note its echoes in the relationship between the advanced economies and the developing world today."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 1993 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Social medicine.
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Medical care -- History.
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Medical care -- Great Britain -- History.
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Medical care -- Europe -- History.
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Medical care -- America -- History.
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Public health -- History.
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| SUBJECT |
Europe. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045631
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| Author |
Webster, Charles, 1936-
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| LC no. |
2001032918 |
| ISBN |
0335208401 paperback |
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