title: Advocacy and community: the social roles of physicians in the last 1000 years. Part II.
abstract: Medicine in the 16th through the 18th centuries underwent profound changes -- from its understanding of the human body to its growing significance in the body politic. Key to advances in medicine as well as to the growth of nations was a conceptual shift in the perception of the natural world, which would ultimately provide a methodology for therapeutic advances as well as for the building of wealthy, strong nations.
authors: American Medical Association.
authors: K E
authors: KE
authors: Geraghty
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Wynia
mesh_terms: D000716:Anatomy, Artistic / Q000266:history*; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000266:history; D005060:Europe; D006076:Government; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D010819:Physician's Role; D010820:Physicians / Q000266:history* / Q000592:standards; D011634:Public Health / Q000266:history; D012941:Social Responsibility