Infant Mortality: A Continuing Social Problem - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0754645932 ISBN 13: 9780754645931

Publisher: Ashgate Pub Co, 2007

Synopsis

Commemorating 100 years since the publication of Sir George Newman's 'Infant Mortality: A Social Problem', this volume evaluates Newman's critical contribution, reviews current understandings of the history of infant and early childhood mortality and discusses modern approaches to infant health as a continuing social problem. It also proposes new ways of defining and tackling the problem of persistent mortality differentials.

About this title

About the Author

Dr Eilidh Garrett is from the University of London, Dr Chris Galley is from Barnsley College, Dr Nicola Shelton is from University College London, and Dr Robert Woods is from the University of Liverpool, all in the UK.

Review

'George Newman's Infant Mortality set an agenda for the resolution of that ''most intricate of problems'' in 1906. A century later, these fascinating micro-studies reveal just how intricate the problem was and continues to be. This illumination in small of broad historical strands is demographic history at its finest.'Anne Hardy, University College London, UK'Infant Mortality: A Social Problem' was a landmark publication. While the major contributory causes have changed over the last century, infant mortality rates continue to tell us much about the health and social efficacy of a nation. Social and medical scientists would do well to engage with this compelling discussion of how death among the most vulnerable has been, and continues to be, socially determined.'Paul Boyle, University of St Andrews, UK'As the title of this book indicates, infant mortality remains a social problem. The specific case-studies which make up the main body of the bookâ ¦highlight the importance of poverty and overcrowding in creating differences in mortality risks, as well as the importance of social policy in mitigating these risks.'Geography Research Forum'The combination of sophisticated local historical studies with reflections on modern applications raise this book's appeal, and give it significant interest value for historians, sociologists and social policy experts.' Medical History

Edition details

• Publisher: Ashgate Pub Co
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0754645932
• ISBN 13: 9780754645931
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 293
• Editor: Garrett Eilidh, Galley Chris, Shelton Nicola, Woods Robert