Medicine, Morality, and Political Culture: Legislation on Venereal Disease in Five Northern European Countries, c.1870-c.1995 By Ida Blom

Analyzing the political culture of the social democratic Scandinavians the conservative Germans and the liberal British this book charts the interrelation between medicine and sexual morality and debates the influence of gender sexuality and religion on policies geared toward combatting venereal diseases With in depth studies of parliamentary discussions covering all of the late 19th and 20th centuries it answers questions such as How much attention did national legislation pay to medical opinions How did governments in five Northern European countries act to restrain the spread of venereal disease and How did legislation in Scandinavian countries differ from German and British legislation Thorough and informative this examination will especially interest historians sociologists social anthropologists ethnologists and medical researchers Medicine Morality and Political Culture Legislation on Venereal Disease in Five Northern European Countries c. 1995A bit clunky but quite useful Deconstructs the idea of Scandinavia as a unitary entity and indicates significantly different trajectories in Sweden Norway and Denmark Medicine Morality and Political Culture Legislation on Venereal Disease in Five Northern European Countries c.1870 c.1870 c.1995 .