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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.
Oral history and gerontology have had a rarely spoken relationship
over the years. Yet the links between the two should be obvious
primarily because each has an interest in older people. For the
oral historian, older people are the key to the past, as witnesses
they speak it, reconstruct it and, sometimes are its inventors, its
authors. Gerontologists also talk to older people, though more
often, perhaps, they tend to observe them and those who are close
to them: their carers, friends, practitioners and spokespersons.
For both gerontology and oral history, the interview is a key
research tool, both focus on remembering and both show concern for
issues raised by participation, ownership and the presentation of
the outcomes of their engagement with the lives of older people.
Oral History, Health and Welfare discusses the significance of oral
history to the history of the development of health and welfare
provisions. It 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.
Biological research methods have become a useful and popular tool for contemporary social scientists. This book combines an exploration of the historical and philosophical origins of this important field of qualitative research with comparative examples of the different ways that biographical methods have been successfully applied internationally. Through these many illustrative examples of socio-biography in process the authors show how formal textual analysis, whilst uncovering hidden emotional defences, can also shed light on wider historical processes of societal transformation. Topics discussed include: *individual and linked lives *generation change *political influences on memory and identity *biographical work in reflexive societies *narrativity and empowerment in professional practice *ways of theorising and generalising from case studies
Biographical research methods have become a useful and popular tool for contemporary social scientists. This book combines an exploration of the historical and philosophical origins of this important field of qualitative research with comparative examples of the different ways that biographical methods have been successfully applied internationally. Through these many illustrative examples of socio-biography in process the authors show how formal textual analysis, whilst uncovering hidden emotional defences, can also shed light on wider historical processes of societal transformation. Topics discussed include: *individual and linked lives *generational change *political influences on memory and identity *biographical work in reflexive societies *narrativity and empowerment in professional practice *ways of theorising and generalising from case-studies. Biographical Methods in the Social Sciences promotes debate and provides opportunities for students and researchers to widen their uses of narrative research.
Care, welfare and community are three key concepts in contemporary social policy. This reader covers a wide range of topics associated with them and relevant to the delivery of care and support to adults. It includes a wide-ranging collection of articles by leading writers and researchers, some previously published, some newly commissioned. It also has first-hand accounts by users and providers of care and welfare in the community. Groups covered include people with mental health problems, homeless people, older people, people with learning difficulties and people with impairments. The focus throughout is on how policies and practice can be developed appropriately and sensitively through an understanding of current issues. The 40 chapters are grouped into four sections, each with an introduction. Five of the chapters are made up of extracts from a wide range of documents and testimonies. * Power and inequality * Difference and identity * Rights and risk *Territories and boundaries Most of the material relates to a diverse turn-of-the-century Britain, but this is set in a wider context enabling the student to explore the alternative realities of other countries and other times. Understanding Care, Welfare and Community provides an integrated, multidisciplinary overview of the many different aspects of community care. It is appropriate for students and professionals following a wide range of courses in social work, nursing, care, health, social policy, medicine, voluntary work and welfare services. It will also be a valuable resource for carers and practitioners, teachers and policy makers.
This book charts the change, critically evaluating progress,
take-up, inclusion and access to direct payments by different user
groups. With contributions from leading campaigners, academics,
practitioners, direct payment users and personal assistants, the
book provides an overview of the history of direct payments;
presents findings from key research into direct payments and
disabled people, older people, carers, people with mental health
problems, people with learning difficulties and disabled children;
discusses the implementation and development of direct payments
provision and compares developments in the UK with those in North
America. Developments in direct payments is an important source of
information for social work students and practitioners and others
working in the field of health and social care. The useful,
up-to-date evidence and discussions relating to care, independence
and control will also be of interest to users and providers of help
and support.
This book uses a range of interpretive approaches to reveal the
dynamics of service users' and professionals' individual
experiences and life-worlds. From their research the contributors
show how biographical methods can improve theoretical understanding
of professional practice, as well as enrich the learning and
development of professionals, and promote more meaningful and
creative practitioner - service user relationships. The book: *
reviews applications of biographical methods in both policy and
practice in a range of professional contexts, from health and
social care to education and employment; * explores the impact of
social change in three main arenas - transformation from Eastern to
Western types of society in Europe, major shifts in social and
welfare principles, experiences of immigration and of new cultural
diversities - on professional practice; * critically evaluates
subjective and reflexive processes in interactions between
researchers, practitioners and users of services; * considers the
institutional arrangements and cultural contexts which support
effective and sensitive interventions; * draws on actual projects
and tracks reflection, progress and outcomes. With contributions
from leading international experts, it provides a valuable
comparative perspective. Researchers, policy analysts and
practitioners, postgraduate students, teachers and trainers will
find this book a stimulating read.
Oral history gives history back to the people in their own words.
And in giving a past, it also helps them towards a future of their
own making. Oral history and life stories help to create a truer
picture of the past and the changing present, documenting the lives
and feelings of all kinds of people, many otherwise hidden from
history. It explores personal and family relationships and uncovers
the secret cultures of work. It connects public and private
experience, and it highlights the experiences of migrating between
cultures. At the same time it can bring courage to the old, meaning
to communities, and contact between generations. Sometimes it can
offer a path for healing divided communities and those with
traumatic memories. Without it the history and sociology of our
time would be poor and narrow. In this fourth edition of his
pioneering work, fully revised with Joanna Bornat, Paul Thompson
challenges the accepted myths of historical scholarship. He
discusses the reliability of oral evidence in comparison with other
sources and considers the social context of its development. He
looks at the relationship between memory, the self and identity. He
traces oral history through its own past and weighs up the recent
achievements of a movement which has become international, with
notably strong developments in North America, Europe, Australia,
Latin America, South Africa and the Far East, despite resistance
from more conservative academics. This new edition combines the
classic text of The Voice of the Past with many new sections,
including especially the worldwide development of different forms
of oral history and the parallel memory boom, as well as
discussions of theory in oral history and of memory, trauma and
reconciliation. It offers a deep social and historical
interpretation along with succinct practical advice on designing
and carrying out a project, The Voice of the Past remains an
invaluable tool for anyone setting out to use oral history and life
stories to construct a more authentic and balanced record of the
past and the present.
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