Description: Yesterday's Muse, Inc. presents ... Sickness in the Workhouse: Poor Law Medical Care in Provincial England, 1834-1914 (Rochester Studies in Medical History) ISBN:1580469752 Author:Ritch, Alistair Publisher:University of Rochester Press Release Date:2019 Seller Category:-- Qty Available:1 Condition:New Sku: 2345961 Notes: First edition. An exceptional copy. 2019 Hard Cover. xi, [3], 298 pp. Dozens of tables throughout; extensive notes, bibliography, and index follow text. Sickness in the Workhouse illuminates the role of workhouse medicine in caring for England's poor, bringing sick paupers from the margins of society and placing them centre stage. England's New Poor Law (1834) transformed medical care in ways that have long been overlooked, or denigrated, by historians. Sickness in the Workhouse challenges these assumptions through a close examination of two urban workhouses in the west midlands from the passage of the New Poor Law until the outbreak of World War I. By closely analyzing the day-to-day practice of workhouse doctors and nurses, author Alistair Ritch questions the idea thatmedical care was invariably of poor quality and brought little benefit to patients. Medical staff in the workhouses labored under severe restraints and grappled with the immense health issues facing their patients. Sickness inthe Workhouse brings to life this hidden group of workhouse staff and highlights their significance within the local health economy. Among other things, as the author notes, workhouses needed to provide medical care for nonpaupers, such as institutional isolation facilities for those with infectious diseases. This groundbreaking book highlights these doctors and nurses in order to illuminate our understanding of this significant yet little understoodarea of poor law history. Alistair Ritch was consultant physician in geriatric medicine, City Hospital, Birmingham, and senior clinical lecturer, University of Birmingham, UK, and is currently honorary research fellow,History of Medicine Unit, University of Birmingham, UK. Don't forget to check out other great deals in our eBay Store!!
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Number of Pages: 312 Pages
Publication Name: Sickness in the Workhouse : Poor Law Medical Care in Provincial England, 1834-1914
Language: English
Publisher: University of Rochester Medical Press
Publication Year: 2019
Item Height: 1.1 in
Subject: Public Health, Physician & Patient, Health Policy, History
Item Weight: 23.1 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.2 in
Subject Area: Medical
Author: Alistair Ritch
Series: Rochester Studies in Medical History Ser.
Item Width: 6.3 in
Format: Hardcover
