Tuberculosis Then and Now

Perspectives on the History of an Infectious Disease

Flurin Condrau, Michael Worboys (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

243 Seiten

2010
McGill-Queen's University Press (Verlag)
978-0-7735-3600-5 (ISBN)

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One-third of the world's population is infected with the TB bacillus and up to ten per cent of these individuals will go on to develop tuberculosis. This title focuses on the changing medical, social, and cultural understanding of the disease and engages in a wider debate about the role of narrative in the social history of medicine.

Flurin Condrau, professor of history of medicine at the University of Manchester, is an expert in the comparative history of infectious diseases, tuberculosis, and urban sanitary movements and is currently working on the history of patients as well as on

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.1.2010
Reihe/Serie	McGill-Queen's/Associated McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society
Verlagsort	Montreal
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Palliativmedizin
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-7735-3600-0 / 0773536000
ISBN-13	978-0-7735-3600-5 / 9780773536005
Zustand	Neuware