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Judith Walzer Leavitt (editor) and
Ronald L. Numbers (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Univ of Wisconsin Pr
Publication date
May 1, 1997
Pages
587
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
3 rev sub
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780299153205
ISBN-10
0299153207
Dimensions
1.50 by 7.25 by 9.50 in.
Weight
2.55 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$65.00
Other format details
university press
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: An invaluable resource for students, scholars, and general readers, this highly regarded and widely used social history of medicine and public health in the United States is now available in a third edition. Extensively revised and updated, it includes twenty-one new essays; graphs illustrating the rise in deaths caused by HIV, homicide, and suicide; and a greatly expanded Guide to Further Reading. Entirely new sections on Sickness and Health, Early American Medicine, Therapeutics, the Art of Medicine, and Public Health and Personal Hygiene have been added, supplementing updated sections on the Science of Medicine, Education, the Allied Health Professions, Image and Income, Institutions, Race and Medicine, Epidemics, Public Health Reform, and Public Health and Medical Theory. An introductory essay and a series of historical photographs complement the articles.
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Hardcover
The price comparison is for this edition
3 rev sub edition from Univ of Wisconsin Pr (May 1, 1997)
9780299153205 | details & prices | 587 pages | 7.25 × 9.50 × 1.50 in. | 2.55 lbs | List price $65.00
About: An invaluable resource for students, scholars, and general readers, this highly regarded and widely used social history of medicine and public health in the United States is now available in a third edition.
About: An invaluable resource for students, scholars, and general readers, this highly regarded and widely used social history of medicine and public health in the United States is now available in a third edition.
Paperback
3 revised edition from Univ of Wisconsin Pr (May 1, 1997)
9780299153243 | details & prices | 7.00 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 2.05 lbs | List price $34.95
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