Author

Publication

1987 - Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland

Language

English

Word Count

71,500 words, Guess

Page Count

286 pages

Identifiers

and 4 more

Classifications

  • DDC610/.7/1175271
  • LCCRA440.7.U62 M34 1987
  • LCCRA440.7.U62M34 1987

Description

"At the end of the nineteenth century, public health was the province of part-time political appointees and volunteer groups of every variety. Public health officers were usually physicians, but they could also be sanitary engineers, lawyers, or chemists- there was little agreement about the skills and knowledge necessary for practice. ... [This book] examines the conflicting ideas of public health's proper subject and scope and its search for some coherent professional unity and identity. ..[The author] uses the debates and decisions surrounding the establishment of the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, the first independent institution for public health research and education, to crystallize the fundamental questions of the field."--Jacket.

Subjects

Topics

HistoryResearchPublic healthMedical collegesStudy and teachingPublic Health SchoolsJohns Hopkins University

Other Editions

  • Disease and discovery: a history of the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, 1916-1939Johns Hopkins University Press1987-01-01

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