Health policies in interwar Europe : a transnational perspective / Josep L. Barona.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barona Vilar, Josep Lluis, author.

Series:

Routledge studies in the history of science, technology, and medicine ; 34.

Routledge studies in the history of science, technology and medicine ; 34

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical policy--Europe--History--20th century.

Medical policy.

Public health--Europe--History--20th century.

Public health.

History.

Europe.

Physical Description:

pages cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

"Research into public health policies and expert instruction has been oriented traditionally in the national context. There is a rich historiography that analyses the development of health policies and systems in various European and American countries during the first decades of the 20th century. What is often ignored, however is the study of the great many connections and circulations of knowledge, people, technologies, artefacts and practices during that period between countries. This book redresses that balance"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Health policies in the twentieth century : a transnational issue

Historical origins of health policies

Networks of experts : national policies and transnational actors

The relevance of international organisations

Research for the nation : national institutes of hygiene

Instructing the experts : national schools of public health

Final comments and conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780815370918

0815370911

OCLC:

1047575935