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Titolo |
From the age of Hippocrates to the progressive era [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Dona Schneider and David E. Lilienfeld |
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New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-39725-3 |
9786611397258 |
0-8135-4422-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (768 p.) |
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Collana |
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Public health : the development of a discipline ; ; v. 1 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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SchneiderDona <1946-> |
LilienfeldDavid E |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Public health - History |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. Early roots -- pt. 2. The sanitary reform movement -- pt. 3. The progressive era. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Public health as a discipline grew out of traditional Western medicine but expanded to include interests in social policy, hygiene, epidemiology, infectious disease, sanitation, and health education. This book, the first of a two-volume set, is a collection of important and representative historical texts that serve to trace and to illuminate the development of conceptions, policies, and treatments in public health from the dawn of Western civilization through the Progressive Era of the early twentieth century. The editors provide annotated readings and biographical details to punctuate the hi |
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