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oapen-20.500.12657-334092021-04-30T09:24:22Z Stress, Shock, and Adaptation in the Twentieth Century Kirk., Robert G.W. Cantor, David Ramsden, Edmund Jackson, Mark history of science & medicine 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. 2014-12-31 23:55:55 2018-08-02 10:55:19 2020-04-01T14:43:18Z 2020-04-01T14:43:18Z 2014 book 478052 OCN: 872670397 9781580464765 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33409 eng Rochester Studies in Medical History University of Rochester Press 10.26530/OAPEN_478052 10.26530/OAPEN_478052 2ec59728-955a-4262-a446-e1a2e1f2c8e1 401d016f-d46a-497d-bfd8-bc0e9e7240f9 709d0922-dc56-4257-a726-a5c03589bc25 9781580464765 Rochester 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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