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Main Title Plagues and politics : the story of the United States Public Health Service /
Author Mullan, Fitzhugh.
Publisher Basic Books,
Year Published 1989
OCLC Number 20014513
ISBN 0465057799; 9780465057795
Subjects National Health Programs--history ; Public Health--history ; United States ; èOffentliches Gesundheitswesen ; USA ; Gezondheidszorg ; Openbare gezondheidszorg ; Geschichte (1798-1989)
Additional Subjects United States--Public Health Service--History
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ELBM  RA445.M75 1989 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 08/16/2022
Collation 223 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (page 218) and index.
Contents Notes
Sailors, sinecures and reform: 1798-1889 -- Science, immigrants, and the public health movement: 1890-1911 -- Public health warriors: 1912-1920 -- Public health within limits: 1921-1935 -- Calamity, necessity, and opportunity: 1936-1948 -- The coming of HEW: 1949-1960 -- Public health at the new frontier: 1961-1968 -- Care, cost, and prevention: 1969-1980 -- New politics, new plagues: 1981-1989.