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Klass, Perri

 
9780393609998: A Good Time to Be Born: How Science and Public Health Gave Children a Future
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ISBN 10: 0393609995 ISBN 13: 9780393609998
Editorial: WW Norton & Co, 2020

Sinopsis

Only one hundred years ago, even in the world’s wealthiest nations, children died in great numbers―of diarrhea, diphtheria and measles, of scarlet fever and meningitis. Culture was shaped by these deaths; diaries and letters recorded them, poets and writers wrote about and lamented them. Not even the high and mighty could escape: presidents and titans of industry lost their children, the poor and powerless lost theirs even more frequently. The near-conquest of infant and child mortality is one of our greatest human achievements. Perri Klass pulls the story together for the first time, paying tribute to scientists, public health advocates, and groundbreaking women doctors who brought new scientific ideas about sanitation and vaccination to families. Thanks to their work, early death is now the exception, bringing about a massive transformation in society and freeing parents to worry a lot more about a lot less.

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Acerca del autor

Perri Klass is professor of journalism and pediatrics at New York University, codirector of NYU Florence, and national medical director of Reach Out and Read. She writes the weekly column The Checkup for the New York Times.

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Editorial
WW Norton & Co
Año de publicación
2020
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0393609995
ISBN 13 
9780393609998
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
384
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