Health Care and Poor Relief in 18th and 19th Century Southern Europe

By Andrew Cunningham and Ole Peter Grell

Book Overview

In this volume, various aspects of Southern European health care and poor relief are examined. Issues of charity and medicine are discussed both in their national and wider European context. By studying the crucial transitional period between the parish relief of the late medieval world and the state sponsored provision of the twentieth century much can be learned about how attitudes to the poor and sick changed over time and place.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754651568
• ISBN13: 9780754651567
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"