Mending Bodies, Saving Souls

Author: Guenter B. Risse
Edition: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0195055233
Category: Medical

Mending Bodies, Saving Souls: A History of Hospitals

By chronicling the transformations of hospitals from houses of mercy to tools of confinement, from dwellings of rehabilitation to spaces for clinical teaching and research, from rooms for birthing and dying to institutions of science and technology, this book provides a historical approach to understanding of today's hospitals. Download Mending Bodies, Saving Souls medical books for free.
The story is told in a dozen episodes which illustrate hospitals in particular times and places, covering important themes and developments in the history of medicine and therapeutics, from ancient Greece to the era of AIDS. This book furnishes a unique insight into the world of meanings and emotions associated with hospital life and patienthood by including narratives by both patients and care givers. By conceiving of Get Mending Bodies, Saving Souls our bestseller medical books.

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