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How the idea of profession changed the writing of medical history

Title
How the idea of profession changed the writing of medical history / by John C. Burnham.
Author
Burnham, John C. (John Chynoweth), 1929-2017.
Publication
London : Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1998.

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Description
xi, 195 : ill., ports.; 26 cm.
Series Statement
Medical history. Supplement ; no. 18
Uniform Title
Medical history. Supplement ; no. 18.
Subject
  • Medicine > Historiography
  • Medicine > History
  • Medical historians
  • Physicians > History
  • Professions > History
  • Social medicine
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
From the beginnings of medical history to the turn of the twentieth century : establishing a tradition -- Classic configuration and the advent of social history in the early twentieth century -- Sociology and history of professions : a path that mid-century medical historians did not take -- Incursion of sociology and a new intellectual context : the mid-sixties to the late seventies -- Medical historians take over the concept : the late twentieth century -- Perspectives from the end of the twentieth century.
Call Number
JFF 99-1240
ISBN
0854840672
OCLC
40613368
Author
Burnham, John C. (John Chynoweth), 1929-2017.
Title
How the idea of profession changed the writing of medical history / by John C. Burnham.
Imprint
London : Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1998.
Series
Medical history. Supplement ; no. 18
Medical history. Supplement ; no. 18.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFF 99-1240
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