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Nancy Tomes

Nancy Tomes is an American historian of medicine and a distinguished professor at Stony Brook University. She is known for her influential works on the cultural and social history of health, including 'The Gospel of Germs' and 'Remaking the American Patient.'

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Remaking the American Patient: How Madison Avenue and Modern Medicine Turned Patients into Consumers
Remaking the American Patient: How Madison Avenue and Modern Medicine Turned Patients into Consumers
2016
 The Art of Asylum-Keeping: Thomas Story Kirkbride and the Origins of American Psychiatry (Anniversary Collection)
The Art of Asylum-Keeping: Thomas Story Kirkbride and the Origins of American Psychiatry (Anniversary Collection)
1994