| Surgery and Society in Peace and War: Orthopaedics and the Organization of Modern Medicine, 1880-1948 1993 Edition Contributor(s): Cooter, R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333556208 ISBN-13: 9780333556207 Publisher: MacMillan in Association with the Centre for OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Surgery - Orthopedic - Medical | Emergency Medicine - Science | History |
| Dewey: 617.09 |
| Series: Science, Technology, and Medicine in Modern History |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.38 lbs) 399 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book illuminates how crucial transformations in medical politics and organisation were linked to wider changes in society, economy and ideology. Paying particular attention to developments in medical welfare for physically handicapped children, wounded soldiers and injured workers, this extensively documented study challenges conventional accounts of medical specialisation; provides Anglo-American comparisons; and demonstrates the importance for medical modernity of changing interactions between philanthropy, war, labour, capital and the state. |