Medicine in the Making of Modern Britain 1700-1920

<p>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.<br> * first short synoptic study of its kind <br> * breaks new ground by bringing together specialised scholarship into a broad argument<br> * shows how the medical profession created a very specific role for itself <br> * relates medicine to general social policy</p> Introduction; Chapter 1 The Enlightenment; Chapter 2 The age of reform; Chapter 3 Modernity; Conclusion and the beginning;