HIST405N Week 7 Assignment: Case Study
Pick one (1) of the following topics. Then, address the corresponding questions/prompts for your selected topic using the resources above.
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Public Health and Medicine in the Cold War Era (1960–1970s):
- The 1960s and 1970s were an era of political and social turbulence that witnessed the continuation of breakthroughs in medicine and public health. Describe public health as a social movement.
- Assess the impact of Rachel Carson’s work Silent Spring (1962) on environmental health hazards.
- Evaluate the outcome of Jean Heller’s report in the 1970s regarding unethical medical practices surrounding the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. How do you think this was a significant move toward the National Research Act of 1974?
- Analyze the Supreme Court’s rulings in Griswold v. Connecticut (1965), Eisenstadt v. Baird (1972), and Roe v. Wade (1973). What changes do we see, if any, regarding these Supreme Court cases today? Defend your answers with documented examples.
- Reflecting on the breakthroughs in health and medicine during the 1960s and 1970s aids medical practices and scientific research in the new millennium.
Solution
The 20th century marked a transformative era for the US healthcare sector as advances in technology and medical knowledge intersected with the social, political and economic changes (Teixeira and Luiz, 2020). The rise of medical professionalization, regulation of health services and the establishment of a structured healthcare system laid the foundation for the modern healthcare industry.
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