Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-294) and index.
Note
Online resource; title from e-book title screen (Project MUSE platform, viewed October 20, 2014).
Contents
"National vitality" and physical examination -- Expanding public health -- Almshouses, hospitals, and the sick poor -- New Deal politics and the National Health Survey -- Mobilizing against chronic illness at midcentury -- Long-term care -- Public health and prevention -- Health, wealth, and the state -- Alternative paths in the United Kingdom -- Maladies chroniques in France.