Oral history, health and welfare / edited by Joanna Bornat.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bornat, Joanna.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--Great Britain--History.

Medicine.

Medical care--Great Britain.

Medical care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (326 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FIGURES AND TABLES; CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION; 1 FAMILY AND VOCATION; 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; 6 RECOLLECTIONS OF LIFE 'ON THE DISTRICT' IN SCOTLAND, 1940-1970; 7 INSTITUTIONAL ABUSE; 8 ORAL HISTORY AND THE HISTORY OF LEARNING DISABILITY; 9 THE RECIPIENTS' VIEW OF WELFARE

10 HIV AND AIDS TESTIMONIES IN THE 1990s11 THE DELIVERY OF BIRTH CONTROL ADVICE IN SOUTH WALES BETWEEN THE WARS; 12 MIDWIVES AS 'MID-HUSBANDS'?; 13 THE MODERN HOSPICE MOVEMENT; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-65334-4

1-134-65335-2

1-280-14088-7

9786610140886

661014088X

0-203-98325-4

9780203983256

OCLC:

475953308