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Doing psychiatry in postwar Europe
Practices, routines and experiences
Edited by Gundula Gahlen, Volker Hess, Marianna Scarfone and Henriette Voelker
Doing psychiatry engages with the history of European psychiatry in the second half of the twentieth century through a close and fresh look at the practices that contributed to reshape the mental ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-7346-1
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£25.00
Buy NowMotherhood confined
Maternal health in English prisons, 1853-1955
By Rachel E. Bennett
When we imagine life behind the high walls of the fortress-like prisons that were built and modified as the modern prison system was created in the mid-nineteenth century, we conjure up scenes ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-6679-1
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Buy NowSituating religion and medicine in Asia
Methodological insights and innovations
Edited by Michael Stanley-Baker
This edited volume presents the latest research on the intersection of religion and medicine in Asia. It features chapters by internationally known scholars, who bring to bear a range of ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-6001-0
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£90.00
Buy NowSpectacles and the Victorians
Measuring, defining and shaping visual capacity
By Gemma Almond-Brown
This is the first full-length study of spectacles in the Victorian period. It examines how the Victorians shaped our understanding of functional visual capacity and the concept of 20:20 vision. ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-6135-2
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Buy NowForensic cultures in modern Europe
Edited by Willemijn Ruberg, Lara Bergers, Pauline Dirven and Sara Serrano Martínez
This edited volume examines the performance and role of scientific experts in modern European courts of law and police investigations. It discusses cases from criminal, civil and international ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-7233-4
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£25.00
Buy NowGerms and governance
The past, present and future of hospital infection, prevention and control
Edited by Anne Marie Rafferty, Marguerite Dupree and Fay Bound Alberti
Germs and governance brings together leading historians, practitioners and policy makers to consider the past, present and future of hospital infection control. Combining historical case-studies ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-7198-6
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Buy NowCold, hard steel
The myth of the modern surgeon
By Agnes Arnold-Forster
Brilliant, volatile and invariably male, the surgeon stereotype is a widespread and instantly recognisable part of western culture. Setting out to anatomise this stereotype, Cold, hard steel ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-5662-4
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Buy NowThe malleable body
Surgeons, artisans, and amputees in early modern Germany
By Heidi Hausse
This book uses amputation and prostheses to tell a new story about medicine and embodied knowledge-making in early modern Europe. It draws on the writings of craft surgeons and learned physicians ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-6065-2
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£55.00
Buy NowPublics and their health
Historical problems and perspectives
Edited by Alex Mold, Peder Clark and Hannah J. Elizabeth
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a renewed interest in the relationship between public health authorities and the public. Particular attention has been paid to 'problem publics' who do not ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-5675-4
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Buy NowAlcohol, psychiatry and society
Comparative and transnational perspectives, c. 1700-1990s
Edited by Waltraud Ernst and Thomas Müller
The medicalisation of alcohol use has become a prominent discourse that guides policy makers and impacts public perceptions of alcohol and drinking. This book maps the historical and cultural ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-5940-3
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£95.00
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