{"product_id":"what-is-medical-history-hardback-9780745632247","title":"What is Medical History? (Hardback) 9780745632247","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWhat is Medical History?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn C. Burnham (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745632247, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 21 January 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e160 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.4 x 14.7 x 1.8 cm, 0.327 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'With examples drawn from a wide time frame, this book shows why successive generations have found the subject of medical history so fascinating. Organized into themes, and written in a lively, accessible style, it gives a balanced account of even the most controversial areas.' \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eMark Harrison, Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, University of Oxford\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe field of the history of medicine and health has expanded spectacularly in recent times. In \u003ci\u003eWhat is Medical History?\u003c\/i\u003e John C. Burnham explores the reasons for this expansion, introducing medical history for those who know little of the subject. He sheds light on a field once written entirely by physicians, but which now attracts not only general historians but also policy makers and health care workers of all kinds.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eBurnham explains that people are drawn into reading and writing about five often controversial dramas inherent in the stories of:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ehealers in all times and places, from conjurers to technical specialists;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003epatients from all ages and cultures;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ediseases, from possession by demons, to infections that expand at the rate of an inch every half hour, to subtle environmental poisons;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ediscovery and the communication of ideas, great and trivial, flawed and brilliant;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003econtinuing controversies around ways that health care delivery affected societies - and was shaped by societies and social institutions - through the ages.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eUniting all of these dramas, Burnham shows, was the tension between the forces of medicalization and the forces of demedicalization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBurnham, a distinguished and versatile historian of medicine and health, offers a colorful introduction to both traditional subjects, such as the evolution of medical instruments, and the latest controversies. In this dynamic field, he contends, the unanswered questions remain as attractive as the scholarship that gives rise to them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Where Medical History Came From 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe First Drama: The Healer 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Second Drama: The Sick Person 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Third Drama: Diseases 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Fourth Drama: Discovering and Communicating Knowledge 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Fifth Drama: Medicine and Health Interacting with Society 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Where Medical History is Going 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggestions for Further Reading 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 154\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52406614556952,"sku":"9780745632247","price":38.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745632247.jpg?v=1784140819","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/what-is-medical-history-hardback-9780745632247","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}