Caring for Health (Health and Disease, Book 6)

A textbook designed to be used in a course or for self-study by students of medical and social sciences, or the history of them. Traces the history of health care from 1500 to the present, focusing on Britain, but glancing at other European systems and the inheritance by colonies. Documents the growing role of the state, formal and informal (e.g. by women) care, professionalization, specialization, public health, and other aspects. Revised from the 1985 edition. Distributed by Taylor & Francis. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.