History of medicine

The Routledge History of Disease draws on innovative scholarship in the history of medicine to explore the challenges involved in writing about health and disease throughout the past and across the globe, presenting a varied range of case studies and perspectives on the patterns, technologies and narratives of disease that can be identified in the past and that continue to influence our present.

Nursing and Social Change is essential reading for nurses who wish to understand how their profession had developed from its earliest beginnings to the present day.

Nursing and Social Change is essential reading for nurses who wish to understand how their profession had developed from its earliest beginnings to the present day.

Debates on policy concerning medical care and social welfare of the elderly become ever more pressing, and many of the assumptions on which they are based are now open to question.

Debates on policy concerning medical care and social welfare of the elderly become ever more pressing, and many of the assumptions on which they are based are now open to question.

What have been the roles of charities and the state in supporting medical provision?

How has twentieth-century medicine dealt with immigrants and minorities?

How has twentieth-century medicine dealt with immigrants and minorities?

What have been the roles of charities and the state in supporting medical provision?

The care of the needy and the sick is delivered by various groups including immediate family, the wider community, religious organisations and the State funded institutions.

The care of the needy and the sick is delivered by various groups including immediate family, the wider community, religious organisations and the State funded institutions.

The Politics of Nursing Knowledge puts into context the historical factors which have shaped and sometimes limited the development of nurse education.

The Politics of Nursing Knowledge puts into context the historical factors which have shaped and sometimes limited the development of nurse education.

In the 1960s and 1970s, the radical and visionary ideas of R.

In the 1960s and 1970s, the radical and visionary ideas of R.

The Art of Midwifery is the first book to examine midwives' lives and work across Europe in the early modern period.

The Art of Midwifery is the first book to examine midwives' lives and work across Europe in the early modern period.

The problem of the poor grew in the early modern period as populations rose dramatically and created many extra pressures on the state.

The problem of the poor grew in the early modern period as populations rose dramatically and created many extra pressures on the state.

Hysteria was a frequently diagnosed illness in the West through the nineteenth and much of the twentieth century.

Hysteria was a frequently diagnosed illness in the West through the nineteenth and much of the twentieth century.

Wounds were a potent signifier reaching across all aspects of life in Europe in the middle ages, and their representation, perception and treatment is the focus of this volume.

Wounds were a potent signifier reaching across all aspects of life in Europe in the middle ages, and their representation, perception and treatment is the focus of this volume.

Midwives, Society and Childbirth is the first book to examine midwives' lives and work in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries on a national and international scale.

Midwives, Society and Childbirth is the first book to examine midwives' lives and work in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries on a national and international scale.

Despite the recent upsurge in interest in alternative medicine and unorthodox healers, Illness and Healing Alternatives in Western Europe is the first book to focus closely on the relationship between belief, culture, and healing in the past.

Despite the recent upsurge in interest in alternative medicine and unorthodox healers, Illness and Healing Alternatives in Western Europe is the first book to focus closely on the relationship between belief, culture, and healing in the past.

The practice of medicine in the days before the development of anaesthetics could often be a brutal and painful experience.

The practice of medicine in the days before the development of anaesthetics could often be a brutal and painful experience.

The eminent physician and anatomist Dr William Hunter (1718-1783) made an important and significant contribution to the history of collecting and the promotion of the fine arts in Britain in the eighteenth century.

The eminent physician and anatomist Dr William Hunter (1718-1783) made an important and significant contribution to the history of collecting and the promotion of the fine arts in Britain in the eighteenth century.

First Published in 1988.

First Published in 1988.

Based on themes such as status and welfare, Old Age from Antiquity to Post-Modernity examines the role of the elderly in history.

Based on themes such as status and welfare, Old Age from Antiquity to Post-Modernity examines the role of the elderly in history.

Dangerous Sexualities takes a look at how our ideas of health and disease are linked to moral and immoral notions of sex.

Dangerous Sexualities takes a look at how our ideas of health and disease are linked to moral and immoral notions of sex.

This book provides a valuable understanding on the different views of the passions in the Seventeenth Century.

This book provides a valuable understanding on the different views of the passions in the Seventeenth Century.

The role of religion was of paramount importance in the change of attitudes and approaches to health care and charity which took place in the centuries following the Council of Trent.

The role of religion was of paramount importance in the change of attitudes and approaches to health care and charity which took place in the centuries following the Council of Trent.

Illness as a Work of Thought is a practical application of Foucault's archaeological and genealogical methods of the study of illness and modernity.

Illness as a Work of Thought is a practical application of Foucault's archaeological and genealogical methods of the study of illness and modernity.

Considering cases from Europe to India, this collection brings together current critical research into the role played by racial issues in the production of medical knowledge.

Considering cases from Europe to India, this collection brings together current critical research into the role played by racial issues in the production of medical knowledge.

Though Foucault is now widely taught in universities, his writings are notoriously difficult.

Though Foucault is now widely taught in universities, his writings are notoriously difficult.

This fascinating study presents a unique history of psychiatry in the twentieth century.

This fascinating study presents a unique history of psychiatry in the twentieth century.

This comprehensive collection provides a fascinating summary of the debates on the growth of institutional care during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.