Medicine and charity before the welfare state

Description:

A perspective on the relationship between charity and medicine in Western Europe between the Middle Ages and the advent of welfare states in the 20th century. Medical history is analyzed in terms of social history and for the insight it offers into relations between various aspects of society.

subjects: Medical Charities,  Social conditions,  Social medicine,  History,  Charities, medical,  Europe, social conditions,  Charities,  History of Medicine,  State medicine,  Health services,  Social medicine--history,  Social medicine--europe--history,  Charities, medical--history,  Charities, medical--europe--history,  Ra418.3.e85 m43 1991,  Wa 11 ga1 m37 1991,  362.1/0425/094

Places: Europe