{"product_id":"children-and-youth-in-sickness-and-in-health-a-historical-handbook-and-guide-hardcover","title":"Children and Youth in Sickness and in Health: A Historical Handbook and Guide - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJanet Golden\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard Alan Meckel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHeather Munro Prof Prescott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix original essays reflect the growing scholarly interest in the history of childhood and youth, particularly issues affecting child health and welfare. These important new essays show how changing patterns of health and disease have responded to and shaped notions of childhood and adolescence as life stages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUntil the early 20th century, life-threatening illnesses were a sinister presence in the lives of children of all social classes. Today, many diseases and threats to child health have been eliminated or alleviated. Yet critical problems remain. New threats such as AIDS and violence take a steady toll. Child health remains an active concern for all families. Despite the development of health care policies, social welfare policies, and effective medication, the home remains--as it was in the Colonial period--the most critical site of care. Parents are still central to the preservation of children's health. This work imposes a holistic view of this experience for children and families. By examining the child's perspective of illness, the authors make an important contribution to the understanding of illness as part of the developmental process of growing up.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJANET GOLDEN is Associate Professor history at Rutgers. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Social History of Wet Nursing in America: From Breast to Bottle\u003c\/i\u003e and a forthcoming book on the history of fetal alcohol syndrome.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRICHARD A. MECKEL is Associate Professor of American Civilization and History at Brown University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eSave the Babies: American Public Health Reform and the Prevention of Infant Mortality, 1850-1939\u003c\/i\u003e (Johns Hopkins).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHEATHER MONRO PRESCOTT Heather Munro Prescott is Professor of History at Central Connecticut State University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Doctor of Their Own: The History of Adolescent Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 10.28 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754301489440,"sku":"9780313330414","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b39087b8cd3d0451fb03d9f8aaa81f59.webp?v=1780037346","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/children-and-youth-in-sickness-and-in-health-a-historical-handbook-and-guide-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}