Health and Society in Twentieth-Century Wales

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This book offers an illuminating introduction to many aspects of health and society in twentieth century Wales, ranging from public health, to personal life-styles and household budgets, birth control and the incidence of deaths from childbirth. Chapters variously feature the life of an eminent doctor, and refugee doctors who came to Wales, and describe the training of nurses, under the close supervision of matron, in a district hospital in north Wales. The book analyses changes both from above and below. Drawing on newly released official government papers, the official historian of the NHS reveals the full extent of the negotiations which preceded the devolution of health administration powers to the Welsh Office in 1969.

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"An excellent synopsis of the recent history of medicine in Wales. Charles Webster gives a detailed and fascinating account of the tortuous way in which a measure of devolution was achieved in the 1960's. This book is both varied and stimulating and it deserves to have a wide readership. It also gives us an indication of the many gaps in our knowledge which need to be filled." Huw Edwards, Planet, Issue 181A"UWP should be congratulated for leading the field in this area; one both popular with general readers and so crucial to understanding twentieth-century Wales, and the UK. Moreover, this collection contains valuable and insightful pieces and clearly maps out the topography of the current historiographical position indicating where new efforts should be concentrated.A"Andrew J. Hull, Welsh History Review 24 Part 1

Author Bio

Pamela Michael is a Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences, University of Wales Bangor. Professor Charles Webster was formally a Senior Research Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.