Sickness, medical welfare and the English poor, 1750-1834
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ISBN-13:
9781526129000
Veröffentl:
2018
Einband:
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Erscheinungsdatum:
02.05.2018
Seiten:
410
Autor:
Steven King
Gewicht:
647 g
Format:
222x145x26 mm
Serie:
Social Histories of Medicine
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
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.
Part I: Locating sickness and medical welfare1. The ecology of poor relief
2. Defining and measuring
3. Negotiating medical welfare
Part II: The scale and character of medical welfare
4 Treating the sick poor: a quantitative overview
5 Medical People
6 Wider medical welfare
7 Dying, being buried and leaving people behind
Part III: Parochial medical welfare in context
8 Institutions and the sick poor
9 The medical economy of makeshifts
10 Making sense of diversity
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
2. Defining and measuring
3. Negotiating medical welfare
Part II: The scale and character of medical welfare
4 Treating the sick poor: a quantitative overview
5 Medical People
6 Wider medical welfare
7 Dying, being buried and leaving people behind
Part III: Parochial medical welfare in context
8 Institutions and the sick poor
9 The medical economy of makeshifts
10 Making sense of diversity
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
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