Medicine and Charity Before the Welfare State (Studies in the Social History of Medicine) by Jones, Colin

Paperback. Good.

Routledge. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Routledge, 1994-06-03. Paperback. Good.

Routledge, 1994. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:9780415111362

Routledge, 1994. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:9780415111362

Routledge, 1994. 0415111366. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (VG). Pp. x + 259 (no inscriptions).

London: Routledge. Good with no dust jacket. (1994). Softcover. 0415111366 . Ex-library. Library stamps and markings. ; Paperback reprint. x, 259 pages. ; 8vo .

London : Routledge, 1991. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series: Studies in the Social History of Medicine. Physical description: x, 259 pages. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Imagining medieval hospitals : considerations on the cultural meaning of institutional change / Miri Rubin -- Healing the poor : hospitals and medical assistance in Renaissance Florence / Katharine Park -- The motivations of benefactors : an overview of approaches to the study of charity / Sandra Cavallo -- 'Hardly a hospital, but a charity for pauper lunatics'? : therapeutics at Bethlem in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries / Jonathan Andrews -- Two medical charities in eighteenth-century London : the Lock Hospital and the Lying-In Charity for married women / Donna Andrew -- The Societe de Charite Maternelle, 1788-1815 / Stuart Woolf -- Urban… Read More

New. What have been the roles of charities and the state in supporting medical provision? These are issues of major relevance, as the assumptions and practices of the welfare state are increasingly thrown into doubt. This title offers a broad perspective on the relationship between charity and medicine in Western Europe, up to the advent of welfare states in the 20th century. Through detailed case studies, the authors highlight significant differences between Britain, France, Italy and Germany, and offer a critical vocabulary for grasping the issues raised. This volume reflects recent developments relating to the role of charity in medicine, particularly the revival of interest in the place of voluntary provision in contemporary social policy. It emphasizes the changing balance of "care" and "cure" as the aim of medical charity, and shows how economic and political factors influenced the various forms of charity.

Paperback / softback. New. This volume offers a broad perspective on the relationship between charity and medicine in Western Europe up to the advent of welfare states in the twentieth century.