6. Health in the Past

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface to the Second Edition vii
4. Introduction xi
5. Part One. Concepts of Health
6. 1. Evolution of Health Concepts 3
7. 2. Inheritance, Environment and Disease 12
8. Part Two. Determinants of Health
9. 3. Decline of Mortality 29
10. 4. Infectious Diseases 45
11. 5. Non-Infective Conditions 66
12. 6. Health in the Past 71
13. 7. Health in the Future 79
14. 8. Medical Achievement 91
15. Part Three. The Role of Medicine
16. 9. Non-Personal Health Services 117
17. 10. Clinical Services 131
18. 11. Medical Education 143
19. 12. Medical Research 156
20. 13. Dream, Mirage or Nemesis? 176
21. 14. Medicine as an Institution 190
22. Index 199