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Zusatztext 'Not only is the vigour of the topic apparent but also the depth and breadth of the scholarship involved in the field.' - Lesley Diack!Oral History Reader`This is a refreshing volume which! by combining the history of medicine and oral history! produces an eclectic mix that is both exciting and challenging.' - Graham Smith! University of Glasgow! Social History of Medicine! 2001 Informationen zum Autor Joanna Bornat, Robert Perks, Paul Thompson, Jan Warmsley Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung This book discusses the significance of oral history to the development of health and welfare provisions. By focusing on individual experiences, the human dimensions of the history of medicine are explored. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures and tables, List of contributors, Introduction, 1 Family and vocation: career choice and the life histories of general practitioners, 2 The role of the community pharmacist in health and welfare 1911–1986, 3 Recollections of the pioneers of the geriatric medicine specialty, 4 The last years of the workhouse, 1930–1965, 5 The contribution of professional education and training to becoming a midwife, 1938–1951, Recollections of life ‘on the district’ in Scotland, 1940–1970, 7 Institutional abuse: memories of a ‘special’ school for visually impaired girls—a personal account, 8 Oral history and the history of learning disability, 9 The recipients’ view of welfare, 10 HIV and Aids testimonies in the 1990s, 11 The delivery of birth control advice in South Wales between the wars, 12 Midwives as ‘mid-husbands’? Midwives and fathers, 13 The modern hospice movement: ‘bright lights sparkling’ or ‘a bit of heaven for a few’?, Index...
