Joanna Bornat, Robert Perks, Paul Thompson, Jan Warmsley

'Not only is the vigour of the topic apparent but also the depth and breadth of the scholarship involved in the field.' - Lesley Diack,Oral History Reader`This is a refreshing volume which, by combining the history of medicine and oral history, produces an eclectic mix that is both exciting and challenging.' - Graham Smith, University of Glasgow, Social History of Medicine, 2001

• List of figures and tables, List of contributors, Introduction, 1 Family and vocation: career choice and the life histories of general practitioners, 2 The role of the community pharmacist in health and welfare 1911–1986, 3 Recollections of the pioneers of the geriatric medicine specialty, 4 The last years of the workhouse, 1930–1965, 5 The contribution of professional education and training to becoming a midwife, 1938–1951, Recollections of life ‘on the district’ in Scotland, 1940–1970, 7 Institutional abuse: memories of a ‘special’ school for visually impaired girls—a personal account, 8 Oral history and the history of learning disability, 9 The recipients’ view of welfare, 10 HIV and Aids testimonies in the 1990s, 11 The delivery of birth control advice in South Wales between the wars, 12 Midwives as ‘mid-husbands’? Midwives and fathers, 13 The modern hospice movement: ‘bright lights sparkling’ or ‘a bit of heaven for a few’?, Index