Health Care in America: A History
- ISBN-10
- 1421416085
- ISBN-13
- 9781421416083
- Series
- Health Care in America
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 596
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-05-15
- Publisher
- JHU Press
- Author
- John C. Burnham
Description
This comprehensive history of medicine and public health in America covers changes and developments over four centuries, from the arrival of the first Europeans to the twenty-first century.
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Other editions
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- 1994-01-01
- 264 pages
- Paperback
- Greenhaven Press, Incorporated
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