History GCSE
Secularisation of medicine
What Secularisation of medicine means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The slow shift of hospitals from religious institutions offering hospitality to secular establishments beginning to focus on medical treatment.
Topics that use Secularisation of medicine
- Option 11: c1500–c1700: The Medical Renaissance in England - 2 Approaches to prevention and treatment (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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