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  • The Oral History Reader

    Edited by Robert Perks, Alistair Thomson ...
    Series series Routledge Readers in History
    The Oral History Reader, now in its third edition, is a comprehensive, international anthology combining major, ‘classic’ articles with cutting-edge pieces on the theory, method and use of oral history. Twenty-seven new chapters introduce the most significant developments in oral history in the last decade to bring this invaluable text up to date, with new pieces on emotions and the senses, on ... Read more

    $78.99 USD

  • Oral History, Health and Welfare

    Edited by Joanna Bornat, Robert Perks ...
    Oral History, Health and Welfare discusses the significance of oral history to the history of the development of health and welfare provisions. It includes discussion on:* the end of the workhouse* professional education and training of midwives* HIV and Aids* birth control* the role of the community pharmacist* pioneers of geriatric medicine* oral history and the history of learning disability. ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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  • Three in a Bed

    The Benefits of Sleeping with Your Baby

    by Deborah Jackson ...
    Only since Victorian times has it been standard practice for mothers and fathers to send their babies to sleep alone, away from the parental bed - often in another room. This book reveals how babies who sleep with their parents benefit by getting virtually a full night's sleep.;The author explains the advantages of this radical form of baby care, including its benefits for breastfeeding mothers, ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Damned Whores and God's Police

    by Anne Summers ...
    Sexual harassment, domestic violence and date rape had not been named, although they certainly existed, when Damned Whores and God's Police was first published in 1975. That was before the Sex Discrimination Act of 1984 and before large numbers of women became visible in employment, in politics and elsewhere across society. It's hard to imagine an Australia where these abuses were not yet fully ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Public Health

    Cholera to the Coalition

    by Dorling, Danny ...
    The first digital-only ebook taster of Unequal health: The scandal of our times by Danny Dorling. Competitively priced, it gives a flavour of one of the major themes: public health and contains three chapters from the book, preceded by an all-new introduction specially written by Danny Dorling. This ‘must-read’ will introduce an even wider readership to his work. ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The War We Never Fought

    The British Establishment's Surrender to Drugs

    by Peter Hitchens ...
    Again and again British politicians, commentators and celebrities intone that 'The War on Drugs has failed'. They then say that this is an argument for abandoning all attempts to reduce drug use through the criminal law.Peter Hitchens shows that in Britain there has been no serious 'war on drugs' since 1971, when a Tory government adopted a Labour plan to implement the revolutionary Wootton report ... Read more

    $15.09 USD

  • The Life Project

    The Extraordinary Story of 70,000 Ordinary Lives

    by Helen Pearson ...
    A fascinating account of a scientific project that tracked 5 generations of children—the longest-ever-running study of human development.The lives of 70,000 people reveal the importance of our beginnings on the greater trajectory of our lives.In March 1946, scientists began to track thousands of children born in one cold week as part of a birth cohort study. No one imagined that this would become ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • Defending Women's Spaces

    by Karen Ingala Smith ...
    Who counts as a woman? This question lies at the heart of many public debates about sex and gender today. While we increasingly recognise the desire of some to eliminate the sex binary in law, a particular boiling point emerges through conflicting demands over women’s spaces. Which should govern access to these – sex or gender identity?Karen Ingala Smith, a veteran campaigner for women’s and girls ... Read more

    $18.00 USD

  • Savita: The Tragedy that shook a nation

    by Kitty Holland ...
    Seventeen weeks pregnant and facing a miscarriage, Savita Halappanavar and her husband Praveen walked into an Irish maternity ward in October 2012. Unwittingly, the couple also walked into that deeply controversial arena in which Ireland’s legislative position on abortion remained unresolved.A week later, Savita was dead from septicaemia. Reports of her death and of the refusal to allow Savita a ... Read more

    $16.79 USD

  • Community Nursing and Primary Healthcare in Twentieth-Century Britain

    by Helen M. Sweet, with Rona Dougall ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine
    This book takes a fresh look at community nursing history in Great Britain, examining the essentially generalist and low profile, domiciliary end of the professional nursing spectrum throughout the twentieth century. It charts the most significant changes affecting the nurse’s work on the district including compulsory registration for general nursing, changes in organization, training, conditions ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • A Social History of Maternity and Childbirth

    Key Themes in Maternity Care

    by Tania McIntosh ...
    People are fascinated by stories of childbirth, and the sources to document maternity in Britain in the twentieth century are rich and varied. This book puts the history of maternity in England into its wider social context, highlighting areas of change and continuity, and charting the development of pregnancy and birth as it emerged from the shadows and became central to social debate.A Social ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Pregnancy and Abortion Counselling

    by Joanna Brien, Ida Fairbairn ...
    Pregnancy and Abortion Counselling is written for professionals who give information and support to women deciding whether to terminate or continue with their pregnancy. The authors provide a comprehensive review of the social, moral and legal issues surrounding contraception and abortion and offer clear guidelines for establishing good practice.Illustrated throughout with case examples the book ... Read more

    $49.99 USD