{"product_id":"what-is-medical-history-9780745632254","title":"What Is Medical History?","description":"The field of the history of medicine and health has expanded spectacularly in recent times. In \u003ci\u003eWhat is Medical History?\u003c\/i\u003e John C. Burnham explores the reasons for this expansion, introducing medical history for those who know little of the subject. He sheds light on a field once written entirely by physicians, but which now attracts not only general historians but also policy makers and health care workers of all kinds.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eBurnham explains that people are drawn into reading and writing about five often controversial dramas inherent in the stories of: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ehealers in all times and places, from conjurers to technical specialists;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003epatients from all ages and cultures;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ediseases, from possession by demons, to infections that expand at the rate of an inch every half hour, to subtle environmental poisons;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ediscovery and the communication of ideas, great and trivial, flawed and brilliant;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003econtinuing controversies around ways that health care delivery affected societies - and was shaped by societies and social institutions - through the ages.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eUniting all of these dramas, Burnham shows, was the tension between the forces of medicalization and the forces of demedicalization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBurnham, a distinguished and versatile historian of medicine and health, offers a colorful introduction to both traditional subjects, such as the evolution of medical instruments, and the latest controversies. In this dynamic field, he contends, the unanswered questions remain as attractive as the scholarship that gives rise to them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John C. Burnham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Polity Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 5.54w x 0.51d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745632254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Burnham\u003c\/b\u003e is Research Professor of History and Scholar in Residence in the Medical Heritage Center, The Ohio State University\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40634387497075,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":40.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_2a551c4e-c951-4249-9050-301eab7cd9f6.jpg?v=1671722397","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/what-is-medical-history-9780745632254","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}