A Doctor of Their Own

The History of Adolescent Medicine

Heather Munro Prescott

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$75.00 • £65.95 • €68.95

ISBN 9780674214613

Publication Date: 10/25/1998

Short

256 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

7 halftones

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Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Professional and Social Roots of a Medical Discipline
2. J. Roswell Gallagher and the Origins of Adolescent Medicine
3. The Adolescent Unit at Boston Children’s Hospital
4. Adolescent Medicine since the 1960s
Conclusion
Notes
Index

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