Making health public : English language newspapers and the medical sciences in colonial Malaya (1840s–1941)

• Main Author: Liew, Kai Khiun
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Journalism
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/91454; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7293
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The print and broadcast media are traditionally vital vehicles for both the transmission of information and framing of discussion on health, medicine, and diseases. However, their roles have been largely peripheral in medical historiography. In this respect, this paper explores...