Oral History, Health and Welfare (Hardcover)

Discusses the significance of oral history to the history of the development of health and welfare provisions. By focusing on individual experiences, as revealed through oral history approaches, the human dimensions of the history of medicine is explored. Oral history reveals the personal stories of innovation, policy shifts, training and treatment over a 60-year period of development, characterized by both continuity and change. This book includes discussion on: the end of the workhouse; professional education and training of midwives; HIV and AIDS; birth control; the role of the community pharmacist; pioneers of geriatric medicine; oral history; and the history of learning disability.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 1999
First published:	2000
Editors:	Joanna Bornat • Robert Perks • Paul Thompson • Jan Walmsley
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-19156-2
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > Theory & methods > General
LSN:	0-415-19156-4
Barcode:	9780415191562

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