Social History of Medicine : the Journal of the Society for the Social History of Medicine
Overview
Social History of Medicine : the Journal of the Society for the Social History of Medicine is a scientific journal, published since 1988 in English. The journal's country of origin is United Kingdom and its primary focus areas are history of medicine and social sciences.
Details
Details
Abbr.
Soc Hist Med
Start
1988
End
Continuing
Frequency
Three times a year
p-ISSN
0951-631X
e-ISSN
1477-4666
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Specialties
History of Medicine
Social Sciences
Social Sciences
Metrics
Metrics
h-index / Ranks: 9030
38
SJR / Ranks: 12156
280
CiteScore / Ranks: 11984
1.40
JIF / Ranks: 7209
0.7
Recent Articles
1.
Richards F
Soc Hist Med
. 2024 Nov;
:hkae041.
PMID: 39540106
English gentlemen in the early modern period held ultimate responsibility for the health of their households. Building on previous studies which have revealed how both men and women of the...
2.
Dirven P
Soc Hist Med
. 2024 Nov;
37(3):494-515.
PMID: 39498457
This article asks why British mainstream forensic literature and practice did not acknowledge the long-term mental consequences of rape for victims and their need for a sympathetic approach before the...
3.
Smith N
Soc Hist Med
. 2024 Nov;
37(3):635-649.
PMID: 39498456
This article explores the fundamental role of Lancashire's medical voluntarism in providing restorative orthopaedic treatments to the region's First World War, disabled ex-servicemen and assisting in their return to society....
4.
van der Meer M
Soc Hist Med
. 2024 Nov;
37(3):473-493.
PMID: 39498455
This paper explains the coexistence of concerns about hereditary degeneration and opposition to reproductive intervention such as sterilisation in Dutch eugenic discourse during the interwar years. Based on an analysis...
5.
Coomans J, Hermenault L, van Kooten R, Weeda C
Soc Hist Med
. 2024 Nov;
37(3):583-610.
PMID: 39498454
Antwerp's response to the outbreak of plague in the 1570s offers new insights into the effects of epidemics on urban communities in relation to their religious, economic, and spatial fabric....
6.
The First Dog Doctors: Canine Healthcare Practitioners in the Eighteenth-Century Medical Marketplace
Howard-Smith S
Soc Hist Med
. 2024 Nov;
37(3):611-634.
PMID: 39498453
The question of when dogs became the recipients of veterinary care has long been debated; current scholarship does not acknowledge the long tradition of canine healthcare provided by irregular specialists...
7.
Nuriely B, Kozma L
Soc Hist Med
. 2024 Nov;
37(3):516-536.
PMID: 39498452
This article examines the durability of high post-mortem examination rates in Israel between the 1950s-1980s. Previous studies overlooked the issue of medical authority and the social history of autopsy, focusing...
8.
Zarokostas E
Soc Hist Med
. 2024 Sep;
37(2):411-428.
PMID: 39323505
This article focusses on the 'plague debates' which took place in the British parliament in 1819 and 1824, where the opinions of non-medical experts were also taken into account; particularly...
9.
Laine-Frigren T
Soc Hist Med
. 2024 Sep;
37(2):292-311.
PMID: 39323504
The turn of the twentieth century in Finland saw an increasing number of popular articles and books on health, which were published within the broader framework of 'social hygiene' and...
10.
Nott J
Soc Hist Med
. 2024 Jul;
37(1):116-140.
PMID: 38947279
Medical schools rely on a wide range of tools, technologies and materials for their teaching, on books, and bodies, and on the buildings which house them. This article considers the...