 | Bargaining for Life: A Social History of Tuberculosis, 1876-1938 In Bargaining for Life , Barbara Bates documents the human story of tuberculosis by chronicling how men and women attempted to cope with the illness, get treatment, earn their living, and maintain social relationships. Barbara Bates (1928-2002) was a physician who studied history at the University of Kansas and the University of Pennsylvania, where she taught internal medicine and nursing. She developed and wrote a guide to patient history taking that has become the standard text for medical students. |
