The Citizen-Patient in Revolutionary and Imperial Paris - Rilegato

Weiner, Dora B.

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ISBN 10: 0801844835 ISBN 13: 9780801844836

Casa editrice: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 1993

Riassunto

Weiner (medical humanities, U. of California, Los Angeles) argues that in revolutionary France and the subsequent Napoleonic empire, some physicians took the concept of equality so far as to believe that everyone had a right to health care. She explores the struggle of the reformers against political, religious, and professional opposition, their constant scrabbling for funding, and the health care actually received by sick and disabled indigent men, women, and children. The topic is certainly germane to the 1990s. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Recensione:

"Written with panache and conviction... A delight to read, packed full of valuable data, enlivened by a host of illustrations." -- Social History of Medicine

"Weiner's book is a mine of gratifyingly concrete, often fascinating information... rich and compelling details." -- Bulletin of the History of Medicine

"This is history of the highest quality; it shows the hard work of years of archival research as well as familiarity with the interpretive literature in a variety of intersecting fields." -- Journal of Social History

"A goldmine of valuable information and interesting insight." -- Medical History

L'autore:

Dora B. Weiner is Professor and Charles E. Culpeper Scholar of the Medical Humanities at UCLA.

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• Editore: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0801844835
• ISBN 13: 9780801844836
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 464