Sickness and Health in America: Readings in the History of Medicine and Public Health | 
 enlarge | Creators: Judith W. Leavitt, Ronald L. Numbers
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 713247
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3 Revised
Pages: 600
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7 x 1.3
ISBN: 029915324X
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.10973
EAN: 9780299153243
Publication Date: April 15, 1997
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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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A Comprehensive Overview January 21, 2001
Courtney L. Lewis (Kingston, PA USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Leavitt is wonderful historian and although the majority of her early work centered on women's health throughout US history, in "Sickness and Health in America" she once again proves her ability to ferret out wonderful historians who write well and on pertinent issues. Encompassing classic works like the work on the Tuskagee Syphilis experiment and early work on attitudes toward persons living with HIV/AIDS, Leavitt should be applauded once again for her tireless efforts toward public health history.
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