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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784587803321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000

ISBN

1-134-65334-4

1-134-65335-2

1-280-14088-7

9786610140886

661014088X

0-203-98325-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (326 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BornatJoanna

Disciplina

362.109

Soggetti

Medicine - Great Britain - History

Medical care - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.