This mortal coil : a history of death / Andrew Doig.
By: Doig, A. (Andrew) [author.].
Publisher: London : Bloomsbury, ©2022Description: 359 p.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781526624413.Subject(s): Death -- History | Death -- Causes -- History | Mort -- Histoire | Décès -- Causes -- Histoire | Death | Death -- CausesGenre/Form: Print books.Summary: "Causes of death have changed irrevocably across time. In the course of a few centuries we have gone from a world where disease or violence were likely to strike anyone at any age, and where famine could be just one bad harvest away, to one where in many countries excess food is more of a problem than a lack of it. Why have the reasons we die changed so much? How is it that a century ago people died mainly from infectious disease, while today the leading causes of death in industrialised nations are heart disease and stroke? And what do changing causes of death reveal about how previous generations have lived?"--Publisher's description.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | HQ1073 .D65 2022 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000019464 |
"Causes of death have changed irrevocably across time. In the course of a few centuries we have gone from a world where disease or violence were likely to strike anyone at any age, and where famine could be just one bad harvest away, to one where in many countries excess food is more of a problem than a lack of it. Why have the reasons we die changed so much? How is it that a century ago people died mainly from infectious disease, while today the leading causes of death in industrialised nations are heart disease and stroke? And what do changing causes of death reveal about how previous generations have lived?"--Publisher's description.
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