Companion Encyclopedia of Medicine in the Twentieth Century

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During the twentieth century, medicine has been radically transformed and powerfully transformative. In 1900, western medicine was important to philanthropy and public health, but it was marginal to the state, the industrial economy and the welfare of most individuals. It is now central to these aspects of life. Our prospects seem increasingly dependent on the progress of bio-medical sciences and genetic technologies which promise to reshape future generations. The editors of Medicine in the Twentieth Century have commissioned over forty authoritative essays, written by historical.;Cover; Companion to Medicine in the Twentieth Century; Copyright; Contents; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Production, Community and Consumption: The Political Economy of Twentieth-Century Medicine; CHAPTER 2 The Golden Age of Medicine?; CHAPTER 3 Health and Medicine in Interwar Europe; CHAPTER 4 Soviet Medicine; CHAPTER 5 Colonial Medicine; CHAPTER 6 Health and Health Care in the Progressive Era; CHAPTER 7 Post-Colonial Medicine; CHAPTER 8 Medicine and the Counter Culture; CHAPTER 9 Medicine and the Welfare State 1930-1970; CHAPTER 10 Pharmaceutical Industry. Cover Companion to Medicine in the Twentieth Century Copyright Contents LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS Introduction CHAPTER 1 Production, Community and Consumption: The Political Economy of Twentieth-Century Medicine CHAPTER 2 The Golden Age of Medicine? CHAPTER 3 Health and Medicine in Interwar Europe CHAPTER 4 Soviet Medicine CHAPTER 5 Colonial Medicine CHAPTER 6 Health and Health Care in the Progressive Era CHAPTER 7 Post-Colonial Medicine CHAPTER 8 Medicine and the Counter Culture CHAPTER 9 Medicine and the Welfare State 1930-1970 CHAPTER 10 Pharmaceutical Industry. CHAPTER 11 The Crises of the Welfare StatesCHAPTER 12 Medicine, Technology and Industry CHAPTER 13 The Historiographical Body CHAPTER 14 The Healthy Body CHAPTER 15 The Industrial Body CHAPTER 16 The Third-World Body CHAPTER 17 The Temporal Body CHAPTER 18 The Sexual Body CHAPTER 19 The Reproductive Body CHAPTER 20 The Psychological Body CHAPTER 21 The Psychoanalytic Body CHAPTER 22 The Psychiatric Body CHAPTER 23 The Diseased Body CHAPTER 24 The Disabled Body CHAPTER 25 The Defended Body CHAPTER 26 The Genetic Body CHAPTER 27 The Analyzed Body CHAPTER 28 The Experimental Body. CHAPTER 29 The Ethical BodyCHAPTER 30 The Dead Body CHAPTER 31 Media CHAPTER 32 Hospitals CHAPTER 33 Nurses CHAPTER 34 Health Workers CHAPTER 35 Going to the Doctor CHAPTER 36 Childbirth and Maternity CHAPTER 37 Children's Experiences of Illness CHAPTER 38 Wartime CHAPTER 39 Supported Lives CHAPTER 40 Old Age CHAPTER 41 Mental Illness CHAPTER 42 Surgeons CHAPTER 43 Cancer CHAPTER 44 AIDS and Patient-Support Groups CHAPTER 45 Malaria CHAPTER 46 The Chinese Experience Index.