Medicine & Disease
The archaeology and cultural backdrop to the study of medicine and disease from the ancient world to the present day.
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Yellow Fever and Public Health in the New South [Hardback]
John H. Ellis (Author)
£25.50ISBN: 9780813117812
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
The public health movement in the South began in the wake of a yellow fever epidemic that devastated the lower Mississippi Valley in 1878--a disaster that caused 20,000 deaths and financial losses of nearly $200 million. The full scale of the epid... .... Learn More -
Appalachian Mental Health [Hardback]
Susan E. Keefe (Editor)
£30.50ISBN: 9780813116143
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
This volume is the first to explore broadly many important theoretical and applied issues concerning the mental health of Appalachians. The authors -- anthropologists, psychologists, social workers and others -- overturn many assumptions held by e... .... Learn More -
British Private Medical Practice and the National Health Service [Paperback]
Samuel Mencher (Author)
£19.00ISBN: 9780822984061
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Samuel Mencher spent a year in Great Britain (1965-1966) interviewing leaders of professional medical associations, executives of the health insurance societies, and general practitioners and specialists engaged in private practice. His study of ... .... Learn More
