Medicine in the Making of Modern Britain, 1700-, Lawrence..

Taylor & Francis

Christopher Lawrence's critical overview of the way medicine has developed in Britain over the last two centuries is the first short synoptic analysis of the clinical encounter. > Christopher Lawrence's critical overview of medicine's place in the development of modern Britain examines the significance of the clinical encounter in contemporary society.* first short synoptic study of its kind* breaks new ground by bringing together specialised scholarship into a broad argument* shows how the medical profession created a very specific role for itself* relates medicine to general social policy > Introduction; Chapter 1 The Enlightenment; Chapter 2 The age of reform; Chapter 3 Modernity; Conclusion and the beginning; > \n`In sparse, lively prose it condenses much of our present wisdom about the dynamics of medicine in Britain from 1750 to the twentieth century. ... Students will find here the tightest and most insightful survey available; practising hitorians will find much thate