On writing the histor(ies) of modern medicine

Rethinking History

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 271-288

  Palladino, Paolo ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

History of medicine; History of science; Sociology of scientific knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038348925     PISSN: 13642529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13642529908596350     Document Type: Review

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