Barbara Bates (1928-2002) was a physician who studied history at the University of Kansas and the University of Pennsylvania, where she taught internal medicine and nursing. She developed and wrote a guide to patient history taking that has become the standard text for medical students.

"Bates's book is an important contribution to the social history of disease…It will be essential for scholars in other areas of American social history as well." (Journal of American History) "A rigorous, careful study of the medical and institutional history of the disease and organized efforts against it." (Bulletin of the History of Medicine) "This important and engrossing book is a state-of-the-art example of mature social history of medicine." (Science)

Barbara Bates (1928-2002) was a physician who studied history at the University of Kansas and the University of Pennsylvania, where she taught internal medicine and nursing. She developed and wrote a guide to patient history taking that has become the standard text for medical students.

"Bates's book is an important contribution to the social history of disease…It will be essential for scholars in other areas of American social history as well." (Journal of American History) "A rigorous, careful study of the medical and institutional history of the disease and organized efforts against it." (Bulletin of the History of Medicine) "This important and engrossing book is a state-of-the-art example of mature social history of medicine." (Science)

Barbara Bates (1928-2002) was a physician who studied history at the University of Kansas and the University of Pennsylvania, where she taught internal medicine and nursing. She developed and wrote a guide to patient history taking that has become the standard text for medical students.

"Bates's book is an important contribution to the social history of disease…It will be essential for scholars in other areas of American social history as well." (Journal of American History) "A rigorous, careful study of the medical and institutional history of the disease and organized efforts against it." (Bulletin of the History of Medicine) "This important and engrossing book is a state-of-the-art example of mature social history of medicine." (Science)