Health and Society in Twentieth-Century Wales
Distributed for University of Wales Press
- Contents
- Review Quotes

Preface
Notes on contributors
An Overview of the History of Health and Medicine in Wales
Pamela Michael
1.Sickness and Health in Caernafonshire, 1870-1939
Glynne Roberts
2. ‘Sea Wall against Disease’: Port Health in Cardiff, 1850-1950
Neil Evans
3. Unemployment, Poverty and Women’s Health in Inter-war South Wales
Steven Thompson
4. ’The Growing Toll of Motherhood’: Maternal Mortality in Wales, 1918-1939
Mari A. Williams
5. ‘Teach the Miners Birth Control’: The Delivery of Contraceptive Advice in South Wales, 1918-1950
Kate Fisher
6. Nurse Training in the Caernarvon and Anglesey Hospital 1935-1949
Katherine Williams
7. The Jewish Medical Refugee Crisis and Wales, 1933-1945
Paul Weindling
8. Part I: Dr Julian Tudor Hart: A Profile
Pamela Michael
8. Part II: Storming the Citadel: From Romantic Fiction to Effective Reality
Julian Tudor Hart
9. What was Wales? Towards a Contextual Approach to Medical History
Martin Powell
10. Devolution and the Health Service in Wales, 1919-1969
Charles Webster
11. Change the Welsh Way: Health and the NHS, 1984-1994
John Wyn Owen
12. History is What You Live: Understanding Health Inequalities in Wales
Gareth Williams
Index
“An excellent synopsis of the recent history of medicine in Wales. Charles Webster gives a detailed and fascinating account of the tortuous way in which a measure of devolution was achieved in the 1960’s. This book is both varied and stimulating and it deserves to have a wide readership. It also gives us an indication of the many gaps in our knowledge which need to be filled.” –Huw Edwards, Planet, Issue 181
“This volume will undoubtedly become the new authoritative source on medical history in Wales . . . the diversity of topics and approaches were stimulating and engaging . . . The book most certainly breaks new ground.” –Dr Linda Bryder, University of Auckland, New Zealand
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