Answer preparation

As part of your revision, think about the arguments and facts you would use to explain:

1. How 20th-century medicine reflected the ideas and practices of society of the time.
2. What caused people to be healthy or unhealthy.
3. What ideas people had about the causes and treatment of illness and injuries.
4. Who provided medical care.
5. How much medicine changed during the 20th century, and what the main turning points were.
6. Why some diagnoses and treatments changed, while others remained the same.
7. How (or whether) the process of change was influenced by:
   • individuals
   • the government
   • science and technology
   • war
   • attitudes and beliefs in society
   • trade
8. To what extent developments in medical understanding and practice in the 20th century affected people's lives.