Description
Book SynopsisThe fascinating history in Aging Bones will appeal to students and scholars in the history of medicine, health policy, gerontology, endocrinology, and orthopedics, as well as anyone who has been diagnosed with osteoporosis.
Trade ReviewA well-written and compelling book that should convince academic, student, lay and professional audiences alike that immersion in the history of a disease is indispensable to treating it. Social History of Medicine [ Aging Bones] illustrate[s] the disparate yet powerful components of chronic disease for understanding medical practices and policies in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences Grob's account is well written, clear and comprehensive in scope...should prove useful to any historian of medicine and will be especially valuable to historians interested in gerontology and women's health. Isis
Table of ContentsForeword, by Charles E. Rosenberg
Preface
List of Abbreviations
1. History and Demography
2. The Origins of a Diagnosis
3. The Transformation of Osteoporosis
4. Popularizing a Diagnosis
5. Internationalizing Osteoporosis
6. Therapeutic Expansion
7. Osteoporosis Triumphant?
Notes
Index
