Public Health and the Civilizing Process
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- review article
- Published by JSTOR in The Milbank Quarterly
- Vol. 64 (2) , 160-88
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3349969
Abstract
Since the Middle Ages, European society has passed through two successive stages in the "civilizing process." Each has been attended by profound changes in psychological and social codes. These are examined in relation to a greater concern with health and hygiene in response to four waves of epidemics: leprosy, plague, syphilis, and cholera. Speculations are offered about AIDS and the "civilizing process".Keywords
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