A valuable historical perspective on the economic, medical, class and gender relations of the elderly, which until now have received relatively little attention.
A valuable historical perspective on the economic, medical, class and gender relations of the elderly, which until now have received relatively little attention.
Margaret Pelling is Deputy Director of the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine in the University of Oxford. She currently researches on health, medical practice, and social conditions in early modern London. Recent publications include chapters on health care 1500-1918 in Caring for Health: History and Diversity, edited by C. Webster (1993). Richard M. Smith is Reader in the History of Medicine and Director of the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine in the University of Oxford. He has published extensively on demographic and family history and is currently working on the elderly and the poor law in early modern England.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Margaret Pelling Richard M. Smith; Chapter 1 The Manorial Court and the Elderly Tenant in Late Medieval England Richard M. Smith; Chapter 2 Sufferings of the Clergy Nicholas Orme; Chapter 3 Old Age Poverty and Disability in Early Modern Norwich Margaret Pelling; Chapter 4 The Elderly and the Bereaved in Eighteenth Century Ludlow S.J. Wright; Chapter 5 The Medicalization of Old Age Hans-Joachim von Kondratowitz; Chapter 6 The Elderly and the Early National Health Service Charles Webster; Chapter 7 The Welfare of the Elderly in the Past David Thomson; Chapter 8 Welfare Institutions in Comparative Perspective Mead Cain;
Introduction Margaret Pelling Richard M. Smith; Chapter 1 The Manorial Court and the Elderly Tenant in Late Medieval England Richard M. Smith; Chapter 2 Sufferings of the Clergy Nicholas Orme; Chapter 3 Old Age Poverty and Disability in Early Modern Norwich Margaret Pelling; Chapter 4 The Elderly and the Bereaved in Eighteenth Century Ludlow S.J. Wright; Chapter 5 The Medicalization of Old Age Hans-Joachim von Kondratowitz; Chapter 6 The Elderly and the Early National Health Service Charles Webster; Chapter 7 The Welfare of the Elderly in the Past David Thomson; Chapter 8 Welfare Institutions in Comparative Perspective Mead Cain;
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