The citizen-patient in revolutionary and imperial Paris /

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Author / Creator:Weiner, Dora B.
Imprint:Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1993.
Description:xvi, 444 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Henry E. Sigerist series in the history of medicine
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1469450
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Varying Form of Title:Citizen patient in revolutionary and imperial Paris
ISBN:0801844835 (hc : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-433) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Patient as Citizen and Paris as Model
  • Pt. I. Tradition: The Grim Reality of the Old Regime. 1. Enlightened Innovation. 2. The Grim Reality of the Public Hospital
  • Pt. II. Confrontation: Reform and Resistance. 3. The Rights and Duties of Citizen-Patients and Citizen-Doctors. 4. The Caring Professions
  • Pt. III. Institutions: The Citizen-Patient and the Hospital. 5. The Outpatient: The Strategy of Medical Administrators. 6. The Inpatient: The Claims of Medical Science. 7. Clinical Specialization: Children at Risk
  • Pt. IV. Outreach: The Impaired Citizen-Patient. 8. The Schooling and Health of the Deaf and Blind. 9. Humane Treatment of the Mental Patient
  • Pt. V. Prospects: Hygiene and Prevention. 10. The Citizen-Patient and the Environment. Conclusion: The Politics of Health
  • Appendix A: Legislative Proposals
  • Appendix B: Concordance of the Republican and Gregorian Calendars
  • Appendix C: Supplementary Tables
  • Bibliographic Essay.