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RECORD NUMBER: 3 OF 7Main Title | Plagues and politics : the story of the United States Public Health Service / | |||||||||||
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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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Collation | 223 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (page 218) and index. |
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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. |