The history of medicine: a Scottish perspective

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The history of medicine: a Scottish perspective provided by OpenLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 10 hours worth of material. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from OpenLearn. The course is taught in Englishand is Free Certificate. Visit the course page at OpenLearn for detailed price information.

Overview
  • In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the approach to medicine was vastly different from today. Health is now recognised, at least in most European countries, as a universal right, but what ...

Syllabus
    • Introduction
    • Learning outcomes
    • 1 Policies of health: diseases, poverty and hospitals
    • 1 Policies of health: diseases, poverty and hospitals
    • 1.1 Introduction
    • 1.2 The poor as patients
    • 2 Old and new models of the body
    • 2 Old and new models of the body
    • 2.1 The sensible body
    • 2.2 The popularisation of ideas
    • 3 Conclusion
    • 3 Conclusion
    • References
    • Acknowledgements