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Description
This introductory textbook presents medical history as a theoretically rich discipline, one that constantly engages with major social questions about ethics, bodies, state power, disease, public health and mental disorder. Providing both instructors and students with an account of the changing nature of medical history research since it first emerged as a distinct discipline in 19th century Germany, this essential guide covers the theoretical development of medical history and evaluates the various approaches adopted by doctors, historians and sociologists.
Synthesising historiographical material ranging from the 19th to 21st centuries, this is an ideal resource for postgraduate students from History and History of Medicine degrees taking courses on historiography, the theory of history and medical history.
Table of Contents
1. History of Medical History
2. Disease
3. Mental Well-Being
4. Health
5. Eating
6. Global Health
7. Patients
8. The limits of medicine: ethics and technologies
9. Conclusion
Notes
Glossary
Index.
Product details

Published | 19 Sep 2018 |
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Format | Ebook (PDF) |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 188 |
ISBN | 9781352002720 |
Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
Series | Theory and History |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
About the contributors
Reviews
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Ian Miller provides an insightful and accessible guide to many of the emerging and enduring themes in the history of medicine. Medical History will be an important introduction to the field for years to come.
Martin Moore, University of Exeter, UK
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In this reflexive tour de force, Miller not only provides a comprehensive overview of the most interesting topics discussed by historians of medicine over the past three decades, but also places their work in their specific historical contexts.
Hans Pols, University of Sydney, Australia
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The main contribution of the book is that it focusses on the discipline of medical history as a whole and explores some of its key themes, such as disease, patients, global health, diet, and ethics. This will allow the book to become an invaluable resource for postgraduate and undergraduate teaching as well as research.
Pratik Chakrabarti, University of Manchester, UK

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