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- catalog abstract "In Contagion and Confinement, Barron H. Lerner offers the first in-depth look at the history of tuberculosis control in the antibiotic era, providing a vital account of this neglected chapter in the history of the disease. He argues that the new antibiotic drugs, rather than being a simple panacea, actually highlighted the complex social problems that continued to predispose people to tuberculosis and interfere with its treatment. The most controversial strategy used by American health officers to control tuberculosis was forcible detention. Since 1903, Lerner notes, health departments have locked up tuberculosis patients whose behavior presented a public health threat. Using Seattle's Firland Sanatorium as a case study, he focuses on the surprisingly recent use of detention, between 1950 and 1970. Although Firland planned to use confinement only as a last resort, Lerner explains, the facility detained nearly 2,000 patients, most of them alcoholics from Seattle's famous "Skid Road." In retrospect, it is clear that Firland staff members overused detention. But Lerner also finds that they worked hard to improve the lives of the alcoholic patients society had forgotten.".
- catalog contributor b10888784.
- catalog coverage "Washington.".
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "1. Setting the Stage: The Origins of Tuberculosis Control in Seattle -- 2. The War Years: Dollars and Drugs Rejuvenate the Fight -- 3. Still a Social Disease: Tuberculosis Control in the Antibiotic Era -- 4. Beyond the Germ Theory: Tuberculosis and Psychosomatics -- 5. Vagrants as Patients: The Skid Road Alcoholic at Firland Sanatorium -- 6. Temporarily Detained: The Triumph of Coercion -- 7. "A Jail in Every Sense of the Word": Conflict and Negotiation at Firland Sanatorium -- 8. An Epidemic Returns: Tuberculosis in the 1990s.".
- catalog description "In Contagion and Confinement, Barron H. Lerner offers the first in-depth look at the history of tuberculosis control in the antibiotic era, providing a vital account of this neglected chapter in the history of the disease. He argues that the new antibiotic drugs, rather than being a simple panacea, actually highlighted the complex social problems that continued to predispose people to tuberculosis and interfere with its treatment.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-233) and index.".
- catalog description "The most controversial strategy used by American health officers to control tuberculosis was forcible detention. Since 1903, Lerner notes, health departments have locked up tuberculosis patients whose behavior presented a public health threat. Using Seattle's Firland Sanatorium as a case study, he focuses on the surprisingly recent use of detention, between 1950 and 1970. Although Firland planned to use confinement only as a last resort, Lerner explains, the facility detained nearly 2,000 patients, most of them alcoholics from Seattle's famous "Skid Road." In retrospect, it is clear that Firland staff members overused detention. But Lerner also finds that they worked hard to improve the lives of the alcoholic patients society had forgotten.".
- catalog extent "xv, 243 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Contagion and confinement.".
- catalog identifier "0801858984 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "9780801858987 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Contagion and confinement.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
- catalog relation "Contagion and confinement.".
- catalog spatial "Washington (State) Seattle".
- catalog spatial "Washington".
- catalog spatial "Washington.".
- catalog subject "1999 B-072".
- catalog subject "362.1/96995/009797772 21".
- catalog subject "Coercion.".
- catalog subject "Firland Sanatorium (Seattle, Wash.)".
- catalog subject "Firland Sanitorium (Seattle, Wash.) History.".
- catalog subject "Homeless Persons.".
- catalog subject "Hospitals, Special Washington History.".
- catalog subject "Hospitals, Special history.".
- catalog subject "Public Health Practice.".
- catalog subject "Quarantine.".
- catalog subject "RC309.W2 L47 1998".
- catalog subject "Tuberculosis Hospitals Washington (State) Seattle History.".
- catalog subject "Tuberculosis, Pulmonary prevention & control Washington.".
- catalog subject "Tuberculosis, Pulmonary prevention & control.".
- catalog subject "Vulnerable Populations.".
- catalog subject "WF 28 AW2 L616c 1998".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Setting the Stage: The Origins of Tuberculosis Control in Seattle -- 2. The War Years: Dollars and Drugs Rejuvenate the Fight -- 3. Still a Social Disease: Tuberculosis Control in the Antibiotic Era -- 4. Beyond the Germ Theory: Tuberculosis and Psychosomatics -- 5. Vagrants as Patients: The Skid Road Alcoholic at Firland Sanatorium -- 6. Temporarily Detained: The Triumph of Coercion -- 7. "A Jail in Every Sense of the Word": Conflict and Negotiation at Firland Sanatorium -- 8. An Epidemic Returns: Tuberculosis in the 1990s.".
- catalog title "Contagion and confinement : controlling tuberculosis along the skid road / Barron H. Lerner.".
- catalog type "text".