History
Health and Wealth: Studies in History and Policy
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Today’s complex policy problems cannot be understood by the social, medical and policy sciences, alone. History is also required to interpret the present and to inform attempts to mould the future. The essays in this volume seek to bring an historical perspective to bear on today’s national and international policy concerns and to present original historical research, which challenges conventional assumptions and viewpoints.
In Health and Wealth the essays in … More >>
Health and Wealth: Studies in History and Policy
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Health Culture in the Heartland, 1880-1980: An Oral History
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This history of health, illness, and medical care in one downstate Illinois county offers a richly detailed account, spanning more than a century of health care, from the perspectives of county residents, nurses, doctors, and public health professionals. Drawing on a wealth of oral history interviews, hospital records, and other primary documents, Lucinda McCray Beier provides insight into home management of ill health, birth, and death; nurses’ training and pr… More >>
Health Culture in the Heartland, 1880-1980: An Oral History
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Public Health and the Risk Factor: A History of an Uneven Medical Revolution
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“Public Health and the Risk Factor is a terrific book.” JAMA The greatest revolutions in twentieth century public health and preventive medicine have been the concepts of risk factors and healthy lifestyles as methods of preventing disease. A risk factor is anything that increases the risk of disease in an individual. Lifestyle refers to the individual’s personal behaviors with regard to risk factors. Identifying risk factors and modifying them by changing lifestyle… More >>
Public Health and the Risk Factor: A History of an Uneven Medical Revolution
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