Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of this module students should a) develop study, writing and communication skills b) develop an awareness of key concepts and methodologies that historians have used to approach medical history c) develop critical skills through the assessment of a range of historical and inter-disciplinary approaches within the social history of medicine d) develop the ability to handle historical sources, and to evaluate a range of primary sources.
Indicative Module Content:
Topics and themes explored in the module include:
The Rise of the Hospital and the Lunatic Asylums; The Making of the Medical Profession; Midwives, Men-midwives and Childbirth; Women in Medicine and Nursing; Disease, Sanitation and Public Health; Prostitution and Venereal Disease; War and Medicine; Contraception and Family Planning; From Germ Theory to Social Medicine; The Rise of State Medicine.