Medical memories and experiences in postwar East Germany : treatment of the past / Markus Wahl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wahl, Markus, author.

Series:

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

Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public health--Germany (East).

Public health.

Germany (East).

Medical care--Germany (East).

Medical care.

Medical policy--Germany (East).

Medical policy.

Physical Description:

xiv, 224 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.

Summary:

This book draws on the example of the major cities of Leipzig and Dresden to illustrate continuity and change in public health in the German Democratic Republic. Based on archival work, it will demonstrate how members of the medical profession successfully manipulated their pre-1945 past in order to continue practising, leading to persistence in the social conception of medicine and disease after Communism took hold. This was particularly evident in attitudes towards and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases and the pathology of deviant behaviour among young people.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Wahl, Markus, author. Medical memories and experiences in postwar East Germany.

ISBN:

9780367138707

0367138700

OCLC:

1085592059