Wednesday 16:00-16:30 Laurie Taylor discusses the latest social science research.
23 July 2008 repeat 27 July
BAD MEDICINE According to Professor David Wootton author of Bad Medicine: Doctors Doing Harm Since Hippocrates, up until the advent and application, in the 19th century, of Joseph Listers’s theories about antiseptic surgery, most doctors and medical practitioners did more harm than good. Laurie Taylor reappraises the history of medicine with historian, Professor David Wootton and medical sociologist, Professor David Armstrong from King’s College, London.
HERITAGE MINERS Sociologist Bella Dicks talks about her study of the ex-miners who currently entertain and instruct visitors to coal-mining heritage sights.
Recordingon: 24 July 2008 at 2pm Venue: BBC Radio Theatre, Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London W1A 1AA Tickets available by calling: 0370 901 1227 or from this website Tickets for BBC Shows
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