Tuberculosis Then and Now: Perspectives on the History of an Infectious Disease Volume 36 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780773536012)

In Tuberculosis Then and Now leading scholars and new researchers in the field reflect on the changing medical, social, and cultural understanding of the disease and engage in a wider debate about the role of narrative in the social history of medicine and how it informs current debates and issues surrounding the treatment of tuberculosis and other infectious diseases. Through a case study of the history of tuberculosis and its treatment, this collection examines medicine and health care from the perspectives of class, race, and gender, providing a challenging and refreshing addition to the field of bacteria-centred accounts of the history of medicine.
Contributors include Peter Atkins (University of Durham), David Barnes (University of Pennsylvania), Alison Bashford (Harvard and University of Sidney), Tim Boon (Science Museum, London), Linda Bryder (University of Auckland), Flurin Condrau (University of Manchester), Jorge Molero-Messa (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona), Helen Valier (University of Houston), John Welshman (University of Lancaster), and Michael Worboys (University of Manchester).

Author: Flurin Condrau,Michael Worboys
ISBN-10: 0773536019
ISBN-13: 9780773536012
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/21/2010
Pages: 243
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.50w x 0.70d