Publication

2004-04-01 - Haworth Press

Language

English

Word Count

85,000 words, Guess

Page Count

340 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2003012397
  • Goodreads6893120
  • LibraryThing6903221

Classifications

  • LCCRM45.C74 2004

Description

Takes the reader through a complexity of issues to explore why, throughout the twentieth century, physicians and sick people on both sides of the Atlantic prescribed or chose a particular medicine--perhaps validated it--often when others felt it was of little or no value or remained uncertain of it.

First Sentence

This book examines the social, medical, and pharmaceutical influences that shaped the everyday availability and usage of medicines in the twentieth century.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • A Social History of Medicines in the Twentieth Century: To Be Taken Three Times a DayPaperbackHaworth Press2004-04-01

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