| Medicine and Modernity: Public Health and Medical Care in Nineteenth- And Twentieth-Century Germany Contributor(s): Berg, Manfred (Editor), Cocks, Geoffrey (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1139052683 ISBN-13: 9781139052689 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $156.75 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: January 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | History - Medical | Health Care Delivery |
| Dewey: 362.109 |
| Series: Publications of the German Historical Institute |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |