Oral History, Health and Welfare

Edited by Joanna Bornat, Robert Perks, Paul Thompson, Jan Walmsley

Price: $130.00

ISBN: 978-0-415-19156-2
Binding: Hardback
Published by: Routledge
Publication Date: 9th September 1999
Pages: 336
Illustrations: 3 line drawings

About the Book

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.