Sickness and Health in America

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Author	: Judith Walzer Leavitt
Publisher	:
Total Pages	: 550
Release	: 1985
ISBN-10	: 0608070041
ISBN-13	: 9780608070049
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Book Synopsis Sickness and Health in America by : Judith Walzer Leavitt

Book excerpt: Adds 21 new essays and drops some that appeared in the 1984 edition (first in 1978) to reflect recent scholarship and changes in orientation by historians. Adds entirely new clusters on sickness and health, early American medicine, therapeutics, the art of medicine, and public health and personal hygiene. Other discussions are updated to reflect such phenomena as the growing mortality from HIV, homicide, and suicide. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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