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Histories of HIV/AIDS in Western Europe
New and regional perspectives
Edited by Janet Weston and Hannah J. Elizabeth
The early 2020s marked the fortieth anniversary of the first confirmed cases of AIDS and a new wave of historical interest in the ongoing epidemic. This edited collection showcases some of this ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-5121-6
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£85.00
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
Pre-OrderPosters, protests, and prescriptions
Cultural histories of the National Health Service in Britain
Edited by Jennifer Crane and Jane Hand
The National Health Service has provided Britain's healthcare since 1948. This institution has been the subject of tense political debate since its inception and has undergone a number of complex ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-6346-2
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£25.00
Buy NowMadness on trial
A transatlantic history of English civil law and lunacy
By James Moran
This book examines the powerful influence of civil law on understandings and responses to madness in England and in New Jersey. The influence of civil law on the history of madness has not ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-6379-0
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£25.00
Buy NowRhinoplasty and the nose in early modern British medicine and culture
By Emily Cock
Challenging histories of plastic surgery that posit a complete disappearance of Gaspare Tagliacozzi's rhinoplasty operation after his death in 1599, Rhinoplasty and the nose in early modern ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-6074-4
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£25.00
Buy NowMedical histories of Belgium
New narratives on health, care and citizenship in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
Edited by Joris Vandendriessche and Benoît Majerus
Medical histories of Belgium reshapes Belgian history of medicine by bringing together a new generation of scholars. Going beyond a chronological narrative, the book offers new insights by ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-5108-7
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£30.00
Buy NowPatient voices in Britain, 1840-1948
Edited by Anne Hanley and Jessica Meyer
Historians have long engaged with Roy Porter's call for histories that incorporate patients' voices and experiences. But despite concerted methodological efforts, there has simply not been the ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-5488-0
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£85.00
Buy NowFeeling the strain
A cultural history of stress in twentieth-century Britain
By Jill Kirby
Examining the popular discourse of nerves and stress, this book provides a historical account of how ordinary Britons understood, explained and coped with the pressures and strains of daily life ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-5609-9
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£21.00
Buy NowLeprosy and identity in the Middle Ages
From England to the Mediterranean
Edited by Elma Brenner and François-Olivier Touati
For the first time, this volume explores the identities of leprosy sufferers and other people affected by the disease in medieval Europe. The chapters, including contributions by leading voices ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-2741-9
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£90.00
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: 978-1-5261-4078-4
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£90.00
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