Gesundheitspolitik im 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhundert — Deutschland und England als Beispiele —Bericht über eine internationale Arbeitstagung am Zentrum für Interdisziplinäre Forschung der Universität Bielefeld, 7.–9. November 1986

Recent German publications on the social history of health policy stress longterm developments. Especially the preconditions, concepts, and anticipated as well as unexpected consequences must be elaborated more clearly. International comparison seems to be a valid scientific tool for this purpose. An international working group met at the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies/University of Bielefeld for a symposium on “Health Policy in the 19th and early 20th Century — Germany and England as examples”. The general subject was divided in several areas of discussion: social reactions to the cholera; hygienization of every-day-life; imperialism, armed forces and health policy; developments in occupational medicine.