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The continuing battle to control hospital infections has ranged from the earliest days of hospital care when bad air or miasma was thought to be the cause, to the present day emergence of antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" such as MRSA and necrotizing fasciitis. This social history of hospital care surveys the rise, fall and re-emergence of new nosocomial infections and documents the development of medical microbiology and infection control.
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This is an absorbing account of the continuing battle to control hospital infections, from the earliest days of hospital care when bad air or miasma was thought to be the cause, to the present day and the emergence of antibiotic-resistant 'superbugs' such as MRSA and necrotizing fasciitis. It succeeds on many levels: as a fascinating social history of hospital care; as a survey of the rise, fall and emergence of new nosocomial infections; and as a chronological account of the emergence of medical microbiology and infection control.
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"The authors write well and concisely...it is an excellent, enlightening book..." Jan V. Hirschmann MD, Respiratory Care
"...a thorough and comprehensive review of the historic relationship between hospitals and infections. ...an excellent addtion to the topic and one that should be recommended reading for anyone interested in the problem." Nursing History Review
"...an excellent, well-organized history of the subject as well as a thorough overview of current and future challenges. Highly recommended for academic and medical libraries." E-STREAMS
"This is valuable reading for anyone who wants to know more about the current state of things and how we got here..." Health Service Journal
"History and social policy discussions are skillfully combined." Canadian Nurse
"Graham Ayliffe and Mary English offer a fascinating account of how the relation between hospitals and infection has altered through the centuries..." Lancet
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- PublisherCambridge University Press
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0521531780
- ISBN 13 9780521531788
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages292
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