Medicine in the Making of Modern Britain, 1700-1920 1st Edition – PDF/EPUB Version Downloadable

Christopher Lawrence’s critical overview of medicine’s place in the development of modern Britain examines the significance of the clinical encounter in contemporary society.* first short synoptic study of its kind* breaks new ground by bringing together specialised scholarship into a broad argument* shows how the medical profession created a very specific role for itself* relates medicine to general social policy