Bibliograph

Public health in history, Virginia Berridge, Martin Gorsky and Alex Mold

Type

Label

Public health in history, Virginia Berridge, Martin Gorsky and Alex Mold

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

mapsportraitsillustrationsfacsimiles

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Public health in history

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

772104863

Responsibility statement

Virginia Berridge, Martin Gorsky and Alex Mold

Series statement

Understanding public health

Summary

Part of the Understanding Public Health series, this book offers a critical overview of public health in the 19th and 20th centuries as well as critical and long-term perspectives on current issues

Table Of Contents

History in public health : the nature and practice of history / Martin Gorsky, Alex Mold and Virginia Berridge -- Public health in the West since 1800 : the context ; Public health in the West since 1800 : the responses / Martin Gorsky -- The development of the health professions / Virginia Berridge -- Tropical medicine / John Manton -- Case study : sexual health / Virginia Berridge -- Case study : substance use / Alex Mold -- Case study : malaria / Maureen Malowany and Suzanne Taylor -- Health systems and welfare states in the West, 1880s-1960s / Martin Gorsky -- Public health in the twentieth century I : 1900-1945 / Virginia Berridge -- Global health / John Manton -- Public health in the twentieth century II : 1945-2000s / Virginia Berridge -- Using history in policy and practice / Virginia Berridge

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