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Welcome back! Start off the semester with a look at some of the new items we acquired last month.<\/p>\n
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Medical history education for health practitioners <\/a><\/em>\/\u00a0Lisetta Lovett and Alannah Tomkins ; foreword by Paul Lazarus.\u00a0London:\u00a0Radcliffe Publishing, 2013.<\/p>\n The history of medicine and the development of the medical profession add beneficial context to medical education and have been integrated into curricula in different ways. This new book provides an overview of medical history designed specifically for students in medical fields, concentrating largely on the development of the medical profession. Find a review from the Nursing Standard<\/em> here<\/a> [McGill users only].<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Autour de la m\u00e9dicalisation :\u00a0perspectives historiques, pratiques et repr\u00e9sentations (XVe-XXe si\u00e8cles)<\/a> <\/em>\/\u00a0sous la direction de Joceline Chabot, Daniel Hickey et Martin P\u00e2quet. Qu\u00e9bec:\u00a0Presses de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Laval, 2012.<\/p>\n This collection explores the issue of medicalization, from the Middle Ages through the advent of laboratory medicine in the 20th century.<\/p>\n From the publisher’s website<\/a>:<\/p>\n Autour de la m\u00e9dicalisation<\/em> s\u2019int\u00e9resse d\u2019abord aux voies juridiques des activit\u00e9s m\u00e9dicales et param\u00e9dicales de la p\u00e9riode m\u00e9di\u00e9vale \u00e0 la r\u00e9volution scientifique au XVIIIe si\u00e8cle. Puis, l\u2019ouvrage explore les contours de l\u2019exercice des soins depuis le XIXe si\u00e8cle, en s\u2019int\u00e9ressant plus pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment aux infirmi\u00e8res, ces praticiennes qui prennent soin<\/em> de leurs patients. Dans un troisi\u00e8me temps, il \u00e9tudie l\u2019\u00e9laboration et la propagation de nouvelles r\u00e8gles et normes \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque contemporaine. Enfin, des contributions analytiques plus globales offrent une r\u00e9flexion sur la m\u00e9dicalisation comme processus sociohistorique dans une perspective pluris\u00e9culaire.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n Modern German midwifery, 1885-1960<\/em><\/a> \/\u00a0by Lynne Fallwell. London :\u00a0Pickering & Chatto,\u00a02013.<\/p>\n The end of the 19th century is generally considered to have seen a shift from traditional midwifery to medicalized childbirth overseen by male doctors. Fallwell’s examination of this shift in the German context adds a nuance to historical discussion, focusing on the efforts and participation of German midwives in the transition. From the series Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The spaces of the hospital :\u00a0spatiality and urban change in London, 1680-1820<\/a> <\/em>\/\u00a0Dana Arnold. London:\u00a0Routledge,\u00a02013.<\/p>\n Architectural historian Dana Arnold explores the history of the hospital as a self-contained space and one that interacts with a complex metropolitan environment during a time of urban and demographic change. Eight London hospitals provide case studies.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Welcome back! Start off the semester with a look at some of the new items we acquired last month. Medical history education for health practitioners \/\u00a0Lisetta Lovett and Alannah Tomkins ; foreword by Paul Lazarus.\u00a0London:\u00a0Radcliffe Publishing, 2013. The history … Continue reading