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3. Medicine in the hospital  

William Bynum

in The History of Medicine: A Very Short Introduction

3. Medicine in the hospital

6. Influenza  

Christian W. McMillen

in Pandemics: A Very Short Introduction

6. Influenza British Medical Journal wrote in April 1919 that in Bombay influenza “caused a havoc to which the Black Death … alone affords a parallel.” It is still not known where the virus originated. Asia has often been cited. In Italy, rumors spread that it was not flu at all; it was chemical warfare perpetrated by the Germans. A pamphlet by an Italian doctor asked the question in its title: “Are the Latest Serious Epidemics of Criminal Origin?” The first known outbreak was at Camp Funston, Kansas, on March 5, 1918. From there it traveled to other forts

3. Why undervaluing ‘statistical’ people costs lives  

Tony Hope

in Medical Ethics: A Very Short Introduction

3. Why undervaluing ‘statistical’ people costs lives

1. Origins and legacies  

Charles Foster

in Medical Law: A Very Short Introduction

1. Origins and legacies

4. Confidentiality and privacy  

Charles Foster

in Medical Law: A Very Short Introduction

4. Confidentiality and privacy

1. On why medical ethics is exciting  

Tony Hope

in Medical Ethics: A Very Short Introduction

1. On why medical ethics is exciting

7. How modern genetics is testing traditional confidentiality  

Tony Hope

in Medical Ethics: A Very Short Introduction

7. How modern genetics is testing traditional confidentiality