Health and Medicine Through History

Ruth Clifford Engs, Editor/Author. Health and Medicine through History: From Ancient Practices to 21st-Century Innovations. Goleta, CA:ABC-Clio Greenwood, 2019.

Book Awards: 2019 Award Finalist in the "Health: General" Category — Best Book Awards, American Book Fest; 2020 Outstanding Reference Source — Reference and User Services Association [RUSA]

This three-volume set provides a comprehensive yet concise global exploration of health and medicine from ancient times to the present day, helping readers to trace the development of concepts and practices around the world. It includes one volume of primary sources from antiquity to the early 21st century.

Each chapter has the following outline.

CONTENTS

1. KEY FACTORS IN HEALTH AND WELLNESS
   • Longevity and Relationship to Health Advances
   • Health and the Burden of Disease
   • Health and Medical Advances
   • Technological Advances
   • Lifestyle and the Environment

2. EDUCATION AND TRAINING
   • Conflicts between Medical Systems and the Flexner Report (1910)
   • Medical Training in North America
   • Educational Reforms and the Humanization of Medicine
   • Medical Training in the British and European Traditions
   • Dentistry and Nursing Education
   • Western Alternative Medicine Training
   • Non-Western Traditional Medicine Training
   • Self-Diagnosis and New Technology
   • Medical Tourism

3. RELIGION AND MEDICINE
   • Family Planning, Contraception and Abortion
   • Assisted Reproduction Technology
   • Stem Cell Research and Bioengineering
   • Vaccinations and Immunizations
   • Blood Transfusion and Organ Donations
   • "Faith Healing" or Treatment Solely by Prayer
   • Death with Dignity, Assisted Suicide, and Euthanasia

4. WOMEN'S HEALTH
   • Global Trends in Women's Morbidity and Mortality
   • Advances in Screening Tests
   • Maternal Mortality
   • Family Planning
   • Women's Rights, Work, and Health Care

5. INFANT AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH
   • Global Trends in Infant and Child Mortality
   • Global Childhood Malnutrition
   • Prenatal Influences and Congenital Conditions
   • Childhood Diseases and Their Prevention
   • Generational Changes and Parenting in Western Nations
   • Parenting In Non-Western or Developing Nations
   • Technology, Psychological Wellbeing, and Child Maltreatment
   • From Eugenics to Genetic Engineering

6. INFECTIOUS AND NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
   • Airborne Diseases
   • Water and Food Borne Diseases
   • Insect Borne Diseases
   • Emerging Infectious Diseases
   • Non-Communicable or Chronic Diseases

7. ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS
   • Environmental Hazards
   • Biological Hazards, Sanitation and Clean Water
   • Chemical Hazards in Water Pollution and Food
   • Chemical Hazards in Air Pollution
   • Physical and Occupational Hazards Psycho-Social and Other Occupational Hazards

8. SURGEONS AND SURGERY
   • General Surgery
   • Bone or Orthopedic Surgery
   • Brain and Neurosurgery
   • Heart or Cardiovascular Surgery
   • "Plastic," Reconstructive, and Regenerative Surgery
   • Eye or Ophthalmology Surgery
   • Dentistry and Dental Surgery

9. MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH
   • Theories of Mental Disorders
   • Prevalence of Mental Disorders
   • Systems for Categorizing Mental Disorders
   • Renaming Mental Disorders
   • Substance Use Disorders (Drug Abuse or Addiction)
   • Treatment Procedures
   • Mental Health Care in High Income or Western Culture
   • Mental Health Care in Medium-Low Income or Non-Western Cultures

10. DRUGS AND REMEDIES
    • Patent and over the Counter Patent Medicines and Domestic Drug Regulation
    • Rise of the Pharmacological Industry
    • A Culture of Medicalization or the "Diseasing of the West"
    • The Recreational Drug Market
    • International Treaties and the Global War on Drugs
    • Changing Views on Drug Use

11. WAR, HEALTH, AND MEDICINE
    • Wars at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
    • World War I: The Great War (June 28, 1914- November 11, 1918
    • The Spanish (1936-1939) and Chinese (1927-1937) Civil Wars
    • World War II (July 7, 1937- September 2, 1945)
    • Korean Conflict (June 25, 1950- July 27, 1953)
    • The French-Indochina (1946-1954) and the American Vietnam Wars (1959-1973)
    • The Gulf and Other Wars in the Middle East (1990- )

12. MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS
    • Institutions and Health Care Systems in Developed Nations
    • Institutions and Health Care Systems in Developing Nations
    • International Health Organizations and Institutions

13. DISEASE AND HEALING IN THE ARTS
    • Visual Arts
    • Literary Arts
    • Performing Arts
    • Evil and Rogue Medical Professionals
    • Patients in the Arts
    • Disease in the Arts

GLOSSARY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

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ISBN-10: 1440858918
ISBN-13: 9781440858918