Public health in interwar England and Wales: did it fail?

被引：0

作者：

Gorsky, Martin ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] London Sch Hyg & Trop Med, Ctr Hist Publ Hlth, London, England

来源：

DYNAMIS | 2008年 / 28卷

基金：

英国惠康基金;

关键词：

Public health; local government; Medical Officer of Health; preventive medicine;

D O I：

暂无

中图分类号：

N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];

学科分类号：

01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;

摘要：

British historians initially saw the interwar period as a ((golden age)) for public health in local government, with unprecedented preventive and curative powers wielded by Medical Officers of Health (MOsH). In the 1980s Lewis and Webster challenged this reading, arguing that MOsH were overstretched, neglectful of their "watchdog" role and incapable of formulating a new philosophy of preventive medicine. The article first details this critique, then reappraises it in the light of recent demographic work. It then provides a case study of public health administration in South-West England. Its conclusion is that some elements of the Lewis/Webster case now deserve to be revised.

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页码：175 / 198

页数：24

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