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

• Pubblicazione: Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (567 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.198/92/0009
• Soggetto topico: Child health services - History; Children - Health and hygiene - History
• Altri autori: Strong-BoagVeronica Jane WarshCheryl Lynn Krasnick <1957->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Children's health issues in historical perspective
• ISBN: 1-280-28083-2; 9786610280834; 1-4593-4172-4; 0-88920-912-X; 1-4237-4304-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825234703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II