Aging Bones: A Short History of Osteoporosis
Author:   Gerald N. Grob (Henry E. Sigerist Professor of the History of Medicine Emeritus, Rutgers University)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
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9781421413181


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   10 June 2014
Recommended Age:   From 17
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Gerald N. Grob (Henry E. Sigerist Professor of the History of Medicine Emeritus, Rutgers University)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9781421413181


ISBN 10:   1421413183
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   10 June 2014
Recommended Age:   From 17
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Foreword, by Charles E. Rosenberg Preface List of Abbreviations 1. History and Demography 2. The Origins of a Diagnosis 3. The Transformation of Osteoporosis 4. Popularizing a Diagnosis 5. Internationalizing Osteoporosis 6. Therapeutic Expansion 7. Osteoporosis Triumphant? Notes Index

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A well-written and compelling book that should convince academic, student, lay and professional audiences alike that immersion in the history of a disease is indispensable to treating it. Social History of Medicine [ Aging Bones] illustrate[s] the disparate yet powerful components of chronic disease for understanding medical practices and policies in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences


A well-written and compelling book that should convince academic, student, lay and professional audiences alike that immersion in the history of a disease is indispensable to treating it. Social History of Medicine


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Gerald N. Grob is the Henry E. Sigerist Professor of the History of Medicine Emeritus at Rutgers University and a senior research associate in psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College. He is the author of eleven books, including The Deadly Truth: A History of Disease in America.

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