| Medicine and Modernity: Public Health and Medical Care in Nineteenth- And Twentieth-Century Germany Revised Edition Contributor(s): Berg, Manfred (Editor), Cocks, Geoffrey (Editor), Lazar, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521524563 ISBN-13: 9780521524568 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $46.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2002 Annotation: This collection addresses, in a comprehensive and critical fashion, fundamental issues in the history of medicine in modern Germany and considers the nature of modern German government and society in relation to Western social, political, and economic development. The central focus is on the professionalization of modern medicine and the medicalization of modern society. The problem of Nazi Germany is a recurring theme. Other topics include: hospitals in early nineteenth century society, Social Darwinism, state-run health insurance, eugenics, social control, Nazi experimentation, and the postwar medical leadership. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Health Care Delivery - History | Europe - Germany - Medical | History |
| Dewey: 362.109 |
| Series: Publications of the German Historical Institute (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.1" W x 9" (0.86 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Germany |