TY - JOUR
T1 - Blurring boundaries
T2 - Towards a Medical History of the Twentieth Century
AU - Huisman, Frank
AU - Vandendriessche, Joris
AU - Wils, K.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - This special issue intends to show the potential of medical history to contribute to major historical debates, e.g. on the rise of the welfare state. Together the articles in this issue make clear that medical history, for the twentieth century even more so than for earlier periods, is strongly embedded in social, cultural and political history. The second goal of the special issue is methodological. It aims to highlight the conceptual work being done by medical historians in oral history, digital history and the study of material culture. These methodologies allow them to expand the range of actors in the medical field: architects, missionaries, 'laypersons', advertisers and drug users all extend the medical field beyond the established categories of 'doctor' and 'patient'. Through their eyes, the particularities of twentieth-century health care become clear: the strong presence of mass media and public opinion, the role of international organisations and the redefining of patients as citizen- consumers entitled to health care.
AB - This special issue intends to show the potential of medical history to contribute to major historical debates, e.g. on the rise of the welfare state. Together the articles in this issue make clear that medical history, for the twentieth century even more so than for earlier periods, is strongly embedded in social, cultural and political history. The second goal of the special issue is methodological. It aims to highlight the conceptual work being done by medical historians in oral history, digital history and the study of material culture. These methodologies allow them to expand the range of actors in the medical field: architects, missionaries, 'laypersons', advertisers and drug users all extend the medical field beyond the established categories of 'doctor' and 'patient'. Through their eyes, the particularities of twentieth-century health care become clear: the strong presence of mass media and public opinion, the role of international organisations and the redefining of patients as citizen- consumers entitled to health care.
U2 - 10.18352/bmgn-lchr.10306
DO - 10.18352/bmgn-lchr.10306
M3 - Article
SN - 0165-0505
VL - 132
SP - 3
EP - 15
JO - Bijdragen en Mededelingen Betreffende de Geschiedenis der Nederlanden
JF - Bijdragen en Mededelingen Betreffende de Geschiedenis der Nederlanden
IS - 1
ER -