Medicine and Industrial Society
Author | : John V. Pickstone |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Hospitals |
ISBN | : 9780071901802 |
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Author | : John V. Pickstone |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Hospitals |
ISBN | : 9780071901802 |
Author | : Johan P. Mackenbach |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 442 |
Release | : 2020-04-14 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9004429131 |
Winner of the 2021 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award In A History of Population Health Johan P. Mackenbach offers a broad-sweeping study of the spectacular changes in people’s health in Europe since the early 18th century. Most of the 40 specific diseases covered in this book show a fascinating pattern of ‘rise-and-fall’, with large differences in timing between countries. Using a unique collection of historical data and bringing together insights from demography, economics, sociology, political science, medicine, epidemiology and general history, it shows that these changes and variations did not occur spontaneously, but were mostly man-made. Throughout European history, changes in health and longevity were therefore closely related to economic, social, and political conditions, with public health and medical care both making important contributions to population health improvement. Readers who would like to have a closer look at the quantitative data used in the trend graphs included in the book can find these it here.
Author | : Ray Porter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Health attitudes |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Roy Porter |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9780521530613 |
The essays in this volume provide an unusual historical perspective on the experience of illness: they try to reconstruct what being ill (from a minor ailment to fatal sickness) was like in pre-industrial society from the point of view of the sufferers themselves. The authors examine the meanings that were attached to sickness; popular medical beliefs and practices; the diffusion of popular medical knowledge; and the relations between patients and their doctors (both professional and 'fringe') seen from the patients' point of view. This is an important work, for illness and death dominated life in earlier societies to an enormous degree. Yet almost no studies of this kind have ever been carried out before, practically all previous treatments having been written from the traditional point of view of the doctor, the hospital, or medical science. It will accordingly interest a wide range of readers interested in social history as well as the history of medicine itself.
Author | : John V. Pickstone |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Hospital Planning |
ISBN | : 9780719018091 |
Author | : Klaus Schwab |
Publisher | : Currency |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2017-01-03 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1524758876 |
World-renowned economist Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, explains that we have an opportunity to shape the fourth industrial revolution, which will fundamentally alter how we live and work. Schwab argues that this revolution is different in scale, scope and complexity from any that have come before. Characterized by a range of new technologies that are fusing the physical, digital and biological worlds, the developments are affecting all disciplines, economies, industries and governments, and even challenging ideas about what it means to be human. Artificial intelligence is already all around us, from supercomputers, drones and virtual assistants to 3D printing, DNA sequencing, smart thermostats, wearable sensors and microchips smaller than a grain of sand. But this is just the beginning: nanomaterials 200 times stronger than steel and a million times thinner than a strand of hair and the first transplant of a 3D printed liver are already in development. Imagine “smart factories” in which global systems of manufacturing are coordinated virtually, or implantable mobile phones made of biosynthetic materials. The fourth industrial revolution, says Schwab, is more significant, and its ramifications more profound, than in any prior period of human history. He outlines the key technologies driving this revolution and discusses the major impacts expected on government, business, civil society and individuals. Schwab also offers bold ideas on how to harness these changes and shape a better future—one in which technology empowers people rather than replaces them; progress serves society rather than disrupts it; and in which innovators respect moral and ethical boundaries rather than cross them. We all have the opportunity to contribute to developing new frameworks that advance progress.
Author | : Andrew Webster |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2020-07-06 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9811543542 |
This book celebrates and captures examples of the excellent scholarship that Palgrave’s Health, Technology, and Society Series has published since 2006, and reflects on how the field has developed over this time. As a collection of readings drawn from twenty-two books, it is organized around five themes: Innovation, Responsibility, Locus of Care, Knowledge Production, and Regulation and Governance. Structured in this way, the book gives the reader a concise but nonetheless rich guide to the core issues and debates within the field. Complementing these narratives, the original authors have provided new reflection pieces on their texts and on their current work. This then is a book which in part looks back but also looks forward to emerging issues at the intersection of health, technology, and society. It uniquely encompasses and presents a range of expertise in a novel way that is both timely and accessible for students and others new to the field.
Author | : Maxwell Connor Weaver |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 10 |
Release | : 1955 |
Genre | : Health insurance |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Roy Porter |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 1995-09-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521557917 |
In his short but authoritative study, Roy Porter examines the impact of disease upon the English and their responses to it before the widespread availability and public provision of medical care. Professor Porter incorporates into the revised second edition new perspectives offered by recent research into provincial medical history, the history of childbirth, and women's studies in the social history of medicine. He begins by sketching a picture of the threats posed by disease to population levels and social continuity from Tudor times to the Industrial Revolution, going on to consider the nature and development of the medical profession, attitudes to doctors and disease, and the growing commitment of the state to public health. Drawing together a wide range of often fragmentary material, and providing a detailed annotated bibliography, this book is an important guide to the history of medicine and to English social history.
Author | : Ivan Waddington |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : |