Cultures of child health in Britain and the Netherlands in the twentieth century
By: edited by Marijke Gijswijt-Hofstra and Hilary Marland.
Contributors: Gijswijt-Hofstra, Marijke.; Marland, Hilary.
Series: The Wellcome series in the history of medicine; The Wellcome series in the history of medicine; Clio medica -- 71; Clio medica (Amsterdam, Netherlands) -- 71.; Wellcome series in the history of medicine
Publisher: Rodopi
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Amsterdam; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
Subjects: Children -- Health and hygiene -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.; Children -- Health and hygiene -- Netherlands -- History -- 20th century.; Child health services -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.; Child health services -- Netherlands -- History -- 20th century.; Child welfare -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.; Child welfare -- Netherlands -- History -- 20th century.; Child Welfare -- history -- Great Britain.; Child Welfare -- history -- Netherlands.; Child Health Services -- history -- Great Britain.; Child Health Services -- history -- Netherlands.; Health Policy -- history -- Great Britain.; Health Policy -- history -- Netherlands.; History of Medicine, 20th Cent. -- Great Britain.; History of Medicine, 20th Cent. -- Netherlands.
Description: The health and welfare of children became an area of concern and action in the early decades of the twentieth century. This concern would develop an ever-broader remit during the course of the century, moving from anxiety about high death rates, physical health and the "unfit", to embrace all children and the mental health and the psychological well-being of individuals. This volume emerged out of an Anglo-Dutch Workshop held at the University of Warwick in July 1999, and is the first book to explore child health in the twentieth century in a comparative perspective, focussing on such issues as the link between child health and citizenship, the impact of ideas concerning degeneracy, socialisation, consumerism and children's rights, and the role of the family, state and experts in mediating child health.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.