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Health and Society in Twentieth-Century Britain (Themes in British Social History)
Helen Jones
Paperback. Longman Publishing Group 1994-04.
ISBN 9780582004597
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Publisher description
This examine the changes in health and health-care in 20th-century Britain,
showing the development of the life expectance of its citizens: the rising
standards of health they come to demand; and how evenly that improving quality
of life is shared throughout society. It looks at the relationships which help to determine the standards of
health: between men and women; between different classes; between ethnic groups
and between the medical profession and the population at large. The book also
considers how cultural influences and material factors shape attitudes and
beliefs and the effect they have on the practical strategies which different
groups have developed to promote their health and well-being. It reveals how it
is and was women who continue to play the central role as both formal and
informal health promoters and carers and it provides a review and contribution
to the current debates over the inequalities in health and health provision in
Britain in the 1990s. Part of the "Themes in British Social History" series, this volume focuses
on the 20th century. Topics covered include education, poverty, health,
religion, leisure, crime and popular protest, and is designed for
undergraduates, postgraduates and the general reader.
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