Companion to Medicine in the Twentieth Century

This substantial work contains 46 authoritative essays, focusing on the political economy of medicine and health, understandings of the body and transformations of some of the theatres of medicine. A multiauthor compilation, this 756‐page volume is intended for a general audience, health professionals and historians. The specialists who have contributed to this title are well known historians of medicine, including, anthropologists, historians, sociologists and teachers. The editors, Roger Cooter and John Pickstone and more than 30 other contributors reside in the UK. It has been hailed as “a magnificent histographical accomplishment of lasting value”.

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