Eugenics and Birth Control
Contraceptive Provision in North Wales, 1918-1939
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12209850 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J A Grier (0000-0003-2986-4964, University of Liverpool, corresponding author), J GRIER |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 443-448 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social History of Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0951-631X • E-ISSN: 1477-4666 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/shm/11.3.443 |
| PMID | 11623585 |
| OpenAlex | W2335770283 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
The close relationship between the provision of birth control advice and the ideology of eugenics deserves closer attention. This paper focuses on the enthusiasm for eugenic ideas amongst an influential section of the medical profession and their ability to initiate contraceptive provision. A study of North Wales suggests that clinic provision in the interwar period reflected the enthusiasm or hostility of the medical profession more closely than the needs or demands of the female population, and illustrates how, for some doctors, the issue of contraception was seen in the wider context of the nation's health
Abortion · Birth control · Context (archaeology · Enthusiasm · Environmental health · Eugenics · Family medicine · Family planning · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Population · Pregnancy · Research methodology · Sociology · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Medical History and Research · Medicine · Psychology · Gender Studies · History · Law · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2010 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |