Medicine in the Making of Modern Britain

by Christopher Lawrence

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

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138181617
• ISBN13: 9781138181618
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"