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Student Bodies: The Influence of Student Health Services in American Society and Medicine (Conversations in Medicine and Society)
Heather Munro Prescott
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Description for Student Bodies: The Influence of Student Health Services in American Society and Medicine (Conversations in Medicine and Society)
Hardcover. Explores the fascinating connections between university health centers and the evolution of American health and medicine. This book examines the relationship between administrative regulation of "student bodies" and broader social-cultural views about young adults and their status in nineteenth- and twentieth-century America. Series: Conversations in Medicine and Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNKS; JNMH; JNMN; MBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
This book explores the fascinating connections between university health centers and the evolution of American health and medicine. ""Student Bodies"" is the first book to link developments in college health with larger trends in American cultural and medical history. This comprehensive and engrossing study describes the origins and development of health services at institutions of higher education in the United States from the early 1800s through the present. Drawing on a variety of primary sources, Professor Heather Munro Prescott examines the relationship between administrative regulation of ""student bodies"" and broader social-cultural views about young adults and their status in nineteenth- ... Read more
This book explores the fascinating connections between university health centers and the evolution of American health and medicine. ""Student Bodies"" is the first book to link developments in college health with larger trends in American cultural and medical history. This comprehensive and engrossing study describes the origins and development of health services at institutions of higher education in the United States from the early 1800s through the present. Drawing on a variety of primary sources, Professor Heather Munro Prescott examines the relationship between administrative regulation of ""student bodies"" and broader social-cultural views about young adults and their status in nineteenth- ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Series
Conversations in Medicine and Society
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472116089
SKU
V9780472116089
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About Heather Munro Prescott
Heather Munro Prescott is Professor of History at Central Connecticut State University. She is winner of the Will Solimene Award of Excellence in Medical Communication for her book A Doctor of Their Own: The History of Adolescent Medicine.
Reviews for Student Bodies: The Influence of Student Health Services in American Society and Medicine (Conversations in Medicine and Society)
Well researched, written, and referenced. Professor Prescott explores a number of areas of college health not previously covered, making Student Bodies of great value to all those interested in this subject, both within and outside the field of college health. - William A. Christmas, Duke University