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Social History of Medicine 2000 13(1):131-146; doi:10.1093/shm/13.1.131
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The History of Health and Medicine in Contemporary Britain: Reflections on the Role of Audio-Visual Sources

KELLY LOUGHLIN*

*History Group, Health Promotion Research Unit, Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK E-mail k.loughlin{at}lshtm.ac.uk

Recent policy discussions about extending the system of legal deposit to material published in formats other than print, for example film, video, and television, offer an opportunity to reflect on the role of audio-visual sources in the contemporary history of health and medicine In the course of the twentieth century, audio-visual media have become the means of communicating ideas and information about health and medicine to a mass audience However, health and medical historians rarely draw upon film, television, or video as historical source material This paper encourages a greater role for these sources by outlining different ways of approaching audio-visual material as historical source, and introducing a selection of research tools and tips for accessing our audio-visual heritage.

Keywords: health; medicine; audio-visual sources; media; contemporary history


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