Markus Wahl

Medical Memories and Experiences in Postwar East Germany

Treatments of the Past

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book draws on the example of the major cities of Leipzig and Dresden to illustrate continuity and change in public health in the German Democratic Republic.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9780367786199
• ISBN-10: 0367786192
• Artikelnr.: 61211403

Autorenporträt

Markus Wahl is a Research Fellow at the Institute for the History of Medicine at the Robert Bosch Stiftung in Stuttgart, Germany. In his current project, he investigates the experiences of patients with diabetes, sexually transmitted diseases, and alcohol addiction in the socialist healthcare system of East Germany. In 2017, he received his PhD from the University of Kent. His most recent publication is 'The Workhouse Dresden-Leuben After 1945: A Microstudy of Local Continuities in Postwar East Germany', Journal of Contemporary History (Online First: published 26 July 2018). In general, his research interests include Modern German History, Social History of Medicine, Socialist History, Memory and Addiction Studies as well as broader studies of sexual health in the past and around the world.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction: Medical Memories and Experiences
Chapter 1
Treating the Past: Narratives of the Medical Profession after 1945
Chapter 2
Treatments from the Past: Continuities in Treating Venereal Diseases
Chapter 3
Treatments for the Past? 'War Children' and the New State
Chapter 4
Institutionalised Treatments of the Past: The Fürsorgeheim Leuben in
Postwar Dresden
Epilogue
Appendix
Index