Medicine in Wales c.1800-2000 - Public Service or Private Commodity? (Hardcover, Corr. 2nd Printing ed.)

At a time when the proper role of the state is under constant review, its relationship to the private sphere is a matter of considerable public concern. Medicine in Wales, c.1800-2000 places this debate in historical context. to suicide, from mutual aid to industrial rehabilitation and the medical inspection of school children, and from nursing during the First World War to experiences of childbirth and health visiting after 1945. A concluding chapter assesses why medicine has failed to deliver the equitable outcomes that were promised with the creation of the National Health Service. the state, scientific knowledge, and professional expertise, and to its implications for the producers and consumers of healthcare in terms of class and citizenship, family, gender and community, and the urban/rural contrasts within Welsh national identity.

General

Imprint:	University Of Wales Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2003
First published:	2003
Editors:	Peter Borsay
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	304
Edition:	Corr. 2nd Printing ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-7083-1824-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > General
LSN:	0-7083-1824-X
Barcode:	9780708318249

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