Medicine, Morality, and Political Culture: Legislation on Venereal Disease in Five Northern European Countries, c.1870--c.1995 (2012)
Blom, Ida (Author)
Nordic Academic Press
Physical Details: 193 pp.
Language: English
Analyzing the political culture of the social-democratic Scandinavians, the conservative Germans, and the liberal British, this book charts the interrelation between medicine and sexual morality, and debates the influence of gender, sexuality, and religion on policies geared toward combatting venereal diseases. With in-depth studies of parliamentary discussions covering all of the late 19th and 20th centuries, it answers questions such as How much attention did national legislation pay to medical opinions? How did governments in five Northern European countries act to restrain the spread of ve
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