{"product_id":"9781509557882","title":"Why We Need the History of Health and Medicine","description":"\u003ch1\u003eWhy We Need the History of Health and Medicine\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMatthew Smith\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAll of us, at some point in our lives, need medicine: to heal sickness, to ease pain, to deliver new life, or to help manage our inevitable decline. But do we also need the history of health and medicine? Can patients and practitioners from hundreds of years ago really help us through our suffering today?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this wide-ranging (and eye-opening) book, historian Matthew Smith says that the answer is a resounding 'yes'. Drawing upon stories from India to Canada and from Ancient Rome to today, he argues that historical insights should play a much more significant role in shaping health policy and clinical practice. Many of the lessons of modern medicine tell us to switch our focus from treating disease to preventing it; history, however, shows us that the best ways to improve health are not always medical interventions. Instead, addressing social problems, healing our beleaguered environment, paying attention to the insights of non-Western medicine, and listening to patients all have the potential to revolutionize care.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFundamentally hopeful at its core, \u003ci\u003eWhy We Need the History of Health and Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for anyone interested in medicine's past, as well as how we might make the future of health brighter.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eMatthew Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor of Health History at the University of Strathclyde's Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 February 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781509557882\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e224\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51325158031500,"sku":"9781509557882","price":62.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781509557882.jpg?v=1783566663","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781509557882","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}