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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825234703321

Titolo

Children's health issues in historical perspective / / Cheryl Krasnick Warsh and Veronica Strong-Boag, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2005

ISBN

1-280-28083-2

9786610280834

1-4593-4172-4

0-88920-912-X

1-4237-4304-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (567 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Strong-BoagVeronica Jane

WarshCheryl Lynn Krasnick <1957->

Disciplina

362.198/92/0009

Soggetti

Child health services - History

Children - Health and hygiene - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Spotlight on Children; POLITICS; NUTRITION; RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIMENSIONS; EXPERTS; INSTITUTIONS; Selected Bibliography; List of Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

From sentimental stories about polio to the latest cherub in hospital commercials, sick children tug at the public's heartstrings. However sick children have not always had adequate medical care or protection. The essays in Children's Issues in Historical Perspective investigate the identification, prevention, and treatment of childhood diseases from the 1800's onwards, in areas ranging from French-colonial Vietnam to nineteenth-century northern British Columbia, from New Zealand fresh air camps to American health fairs. Themes include: the role of government and/or the