Health care in America : a history / John C. Burnham.

This comprehensive history of medicine and public health in America covers changes and developments over four centuries, from the arrival of the first Europeans to the twenty-first century.

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Main Author: Burnham, John C. (John Chynoweth), 1929- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015.
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