Historical Connections: Medicine in the Making of Modern Britain, 1700-1920 (Paperback)

Christopher Lawrence; C Lawrence; Lawrence Christ
Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
9780415091688
0-415-09168-3

Christopher Lawrence's critical overview of medicine's place in the development of modern Britain examines the significance of the clinical encounter in contemporary society. * first short synoptic study.

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of its kind * breaks new ground by bringing together specialised scholarship into a broad argument * shows how the medical profession created a very specific role for itself * relates medicine to general social policy