[Towards a new social perception of people with disabilities: legislation, medicine and the work-disabled in Spain (1900-1936)].
This paper aims to analyse the role played by Medicine, against a background of social reform in the first third of the 20th Century, in helping to shape the nature of disabilities in Spain. We look at the legislation passed to regulate occupational accidents and the institutions set up to look after accident victims with physical or functional disabilities from the perspective developed in the new academic field of disability studies and using scientific and professional journals as well as documentation from Spain's legislative chambers as our main sources. We attempt to examine the extent to which these developments helped to transform the existing social perception of people with disabilities.
Martínez-Pérez
Jose
J
Area de Historia de la Ciencia, Facultad de Medicina-Centro Regional de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, (Unidad Asociada, Instituto de Historia, CSIC, Madrid. Jose.MPerez@uclm.es
Porras Gallo
María Isabel
MI
D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000266:history* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000266:history* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012938:Social Perception; D013030:Spain; D014937:Work / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence