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oapen-20.500.12657-299402021-11-12T16:10:47Z Chapter 1 Evaluating the Role of Hans Selye in the Modern History of Stress Kirk., Robert G.W. Jackson, Mark Ramsden, Edmund Cantor, David history of science & medicine history of science & medicine Adrenal gland Corticosteroid Hans Selye Hormone Physiology Steroid Stress (biology) bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBX History of medicine Stress is one of the most widely utilized medical concepts in modern society. Originally used to describe physiological responses to trauma, it is now applied in a variety of other fields and contexts, such as in the construction and expression of personal identity, social relations, building and engineering, and the various complexities of the competitive capitalist economy. In addition, scientists and medical experts use the concept to explore the relationship between an ever increasing number of environmental stressors and the evolution of an expanding range of mental and chronic organic diseases, such as hypertension, gastric ulcers, arthritis, allergies, and cancer. This edited volume brings together leading scholars to explore the emergence and development of the stress concept and its definitions as they have changed over time. It examines how stress and closely related concepts have been used to connect disciplines such as architecture, ecology, physiology, psychiatry, psychology, public health, urban planning, and a range of social sciences; its application in different settings such as the battlefield, workplace, clinic, hospital, and home; and the advancement of techniques of stress management in a number of different national, sociocultural, and scientific locations. 2014-05-28 00:00:00 2020-04-01T12:40:26Z 2020-04-01T12:40:26Z 2014 chapter 1000014 OCN: 1076724020 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/29940 eng Rochester Studies in Medical History application/pdf n/a 1000014.pdf http://www.urpress.com/store/viewItem.asp?idProduct=14409 University of Rochester Press Stress, Shock, and Adaptation in the Twentieth Century 10.26530/oapen_478052 10.26530/oapen_478052 2ec59728-955a-4262-a446-e1a2e1f2c8e1 77659c2d-18a5-47d5-8218-5d9b171d147a d859fbd3-d884-4090-a0ec-baf821c9abfd Wellcome Rochester 1 082834 (chapter 1) and 084988 (chapter 9) Wellcome Trust Wellcome open access
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Stress is one of the most widely utilized medical concepts in modern society. Originally used to describe physiological responses to trauma, it is now applied in a variety of other fields and contexts, such as in the construction and expression of personal identity, social relations, building and engineering, and the various complexities of the competitive capitalist economy. In addition, scientists and medical experts use the concept to explore the relationship between an ever increasing number of environmental stressors and the evolution of an expanding range of mental and chronic organic diseases, such as hypertension, gastric ulcers, arthritis, allergies, and cancer. This edited volume brings together leading scholars to explore the emergence and development of the stress concept and its definitions as they have changed over time. It examines how stress and closely related concepts have been used to connect disciplines such as architecture, ecology, physiology, psychiatry, psychology, public health, urban planning, and a range of social sciences; its application in different settings such as the battlefield, workplace, clinic, hospital, and home; and the advancement of techniques of stress management in a number of different national, sociocultural, and scientific locations.
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