期刊名称：Bijdragen en Mededelingen betreffende de Geschiedenis der Nederlanden
印刷版ISSN：0165-0505
电子版ISSN：2211-2898
出版年度：2017
卷号：132
期号：1
页码：1-13
DOI：10.18352/bmgn-lchr.10306
出版社：Koninklijk Nederlands Historisch Genootschap
摘要：This special issue intends to show the potential of medical history to contribute to
major historical debates, e.g. on the rise of the welfare state. Together the articles
in this issue make clear that medical history, for the twentieth century even more
so than for earlier periods, is strongly embedded in social, cultural and political
history. The second goal of the special issue is methodological. It aims to highlight
the conceptual work being done by medical historians in oral history, digital history
and the study of material culture. These methodologies allow them to expand
the range of actors in the medical field: architects, missionaries, ‘laypersons’,
advertisers and drug users all extend the medical field beyond the established
categories of ‘doctor’ and ‘patient’. Through their eyes, the particularities of
twentieth-century health care become clear: the strong presence of mass media
and public opinion, the role of international organisations and the redefining of
patients as citizen-consumers entitled to health care.
