Sickness, medical welfare and the English poor, 1750-1834
This book explores the medical world of the poor and the Old Poor Law in the period 1750-1834. Encountering the sick poor in their own words and everyday situations, I offer a new and more positive view of English welfare.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Manchester, Michigan :
Oxford University Press
2018.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Social histories of medicine. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b40582863*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front matter; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Part I Locating sickness and medical welfare; The ecology of poor relief; Defining and measuring; Negotiating medical welfare; Part II The scale and character of medical welfare; Treating the sick poor: a quantitative overview; Medical people; Wider medical welfare; Dying, being buried and leaving people behind; Part III Parochial medical welfare in context; Institutions and the sick poor; The medical economy of makeshifts; Making sense of diversity; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
