Thomas McKeown (physician)
Thomas McKeown (1912–1988) was a British physician and medical historian.[1] McKeown argued from 1955 that the population growth of the UK post-1700 was due to economic conditions rather than improved medicine and public health. This became known as the "McKeown thesis".[2][3]
McKeown attended the University of British Columbia as an undergraduate in Chemistry and then McGill University as a post-graduate student before returning across the Atlantic to study at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.[4][5] From 1945, he was professor of social medicine at the University of Birmingham.[5] He is also known for his work in geriatrics[5] and maternal-fetal medicine.[4]
Personal life
McKeown was born in Northern Ireland and then moved to Vancouver, Canada with his parents.[5]
Books
- McKeown T. The Modern Rise of Population. London: Edward Arnold, 1976
- The role of medicine: Dream, mirage or nemesis?. 1976 report for the Nuffield Trust by McKeown (free to read)
- McKeown T. The Origins of Human Disease. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1988.
References
- ↑ "Thomas McKeown". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
- ↑ Colgrove, James (2002). "The McKeown Thesis: A Historical Controversy and Its Enduring Influence". Am J Public Health (American Public Health Association) 92 (5): 725–9. doi:10.2105/ajph.92.5.725. PMC 1447153. PMID 11988435.
- ↑ Grundy, Emily (2005). "Commentary: The McKeown debate: time for burial". Int. J. Epidemiol. (Oxford Journals) 34 (3): 529–533. doi:10.1093/ije/dyh272.
- 1 2 Bradby, Hannah (2009). Medical Sociology: An Introduction. SAGE. p. 30.
- 1 2 3 4 Bynum, Bill (2008). "The McKeown thesis". Lancet (Elsevier Ltd.) 371 (9613): 644–5. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60292-5.