TY - BOOK
T1 - Tuberculosis then and now: Perspectives on the History of an Infectious Disease
T2 - Perspectives on the History of an Infectious Disease
AU - Condrau, Flurin
AU - Worboys, Michael
PY - 2010/1
Y1 - 2010/1
N2 - One-third of the world's population is currently infected with the TB bacillus and up to ten percent of these individuals will go on to develop tuberculosis. Today the disease is most prevalent in Africa and South Asia, but a century and a half ago it was the largest single cause of death in Europe and North America. In Tuberculosis Then and Now leading scholars and new researchers in the field reflect on the changing medical, social, and cultural understanding of the disease and engage in a wider debate about the role of narrative in the social history of medicine and how it informs current debates and issues surrounding the treatment of tuberculosis and other infectious diseases. Through a case study of the history of tuberculosis and its treatment, this collection examines medicine and health care from the perspectives of class, race, and gender, providing a challenging and refreshing addition to the field of bacteria-centred accounts of the history of medicine. © McGill-Queen's University Press 2010.
AB - One-third of the world's population is currently infected with the TB bacillus and up to ten percent of these individuals will go on to develop tuberculosis. Today the disease is most prevalent in Africa and South Asia, but a century and a half ago it was the largest single cause of death in Europe and North America. In Tuberculosis Then and Now leading scholars and new researchers in the field reflect on the changing medical, social, and cultural understanding of the disease and engage in a wider debate about the role of narrative in the social history of medicine and how it informs current debates and issues surrounding the treatment of tuberculosis and other infectious diseases. Through a case study of the history of tuberculosis and its treatment, this collection examines medicine and health care from the perspectives of class, race, and gender, providing a challenging and refreshing addition to the field of bacteria-centred accounts of the history of medicine. © McGill-Queen's University Press 2010.
M3 - Anthology
SN - 9780773536012
T3 - McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine, Health and Society
BT - Tuberculosis then and now: Perspectives on the History of an Infectious Disease
PB - McGill-Queen's University Press
CY - Montreal, Canada
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