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04.01.2020 | Commentary

Advocating for children: Charles Dickens

verfasst von: Richard B. Gunderman

Erschienen in: Pediatric Radiology | Ausgabe 4/2020

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One of the most effective advocates for children was also one of the greatest writers in the history of the English language: Charles Dickens. Wildly popular in his own day and now recognized as a literary master, Dickens probably did more than any other author to raise public awareness of the plight of children, laying the groundwork for a variety of social reforms. Physicians seeking an understanding of what poverty and exploitation look like from a child’s point of view could hardly find richer sources of insight than such Dickens novels as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Bleak House and Little Dorrit. …
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Metadaten
Titel
Advocating for children: Charles Dickens
verfasst von
Richard B. Gunderman
Publikationsdatum
04.01.2020
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
Pediatric Radiology / Ausgabe 4/2020
Print ISSN: 0301-0449
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-1998
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-019-04608-w

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