Robert Dingwall
@rwjdingwall.bsky.social
Consulting sociologist, researcher, writer and entrepreneur. Medical sociology; sociology of law; STS; ethnomethodology; CA. Re-post does not imply endorsement.
Society was always better 20 years ago - so says every generation at least back to the 1840s... See G. Pearson, 'Hooligan', Macmillan, 1983...
November 14, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Society was always better 20 years ago - so says every generation at least back to the 1840s... See G. Pearson, 'Hooligan', Macmillan, 1983...
Do you cover Lady May Baird? Pioneer of access to contraception and major figure in improving public health in Aberdeen from the late 1930s on. Doesn't even rate a Wikipedia entry!
December 2, 2024 at 9:39 AM
Do you cover Lady May Baird? Pioneer of access to contraception and major figure in improving public health in Aberdeen from the late 1930s on. Doesn't even rate a Wikipedia entry!
McKeown works better for other respiratory and GI infections. Shouldn't simply be read across for period since 1950. A big critical literature. Good value are
ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2...
and
ISBN 1 899040 66 8
But basic question and answer hold up quite well.
ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2...
and
ISBN 1 899040 66 8
But basic question and answer hold up quite well.
November 24, 2024 at 10:55 AM
McKeown works better for other respiratory and GI infections. Shouldn't simply be read across for period since 1950. A big critical literature. Good value are
ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2...
and
ISBN 1 899040 66 8
But basic question and answer hold up quite well.
ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2...
and
ISBN 1 899040 66 8
But basic question and answer hold up quite well.
McKeown argues that medical science (inc vaccination) made only a small contribution to mortality decline 1850-1960 compared with environmental improvements. (He understated the role of public health)
Diptheria is a hybrid case because antitoxin brings death rates down quite a lot from about 1900.
Diptheria is a hybrid case because antitoxin brings death rates down quite a lot from about 1900.
November 24, 2024 at 10:27 AM
McKeown argues that medical science (inc vaccination) made only a small contribution to mortality decline 1850-1960 compared with environmental improvements. (He understated the role of public health)
Diptheria is a hybrid case because antitoxin brings death rates down quite a lot from about 1900.
Diptheria is a hybrid case because antitoxin brings death rates down quite a lot from about 1900.