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People from different generations discuss how approaches in a certain field have changed

People from different generations discuss how approaches in a particular field have changed

The Generation Gap: Series 3: Health Industry

The Generation Gap: Series 3: Health Industry: Episode 1: Dentists

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Dentists

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Episode 1: Dentists

Series 3: Health Industry

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Generation Gap, Series 3: Health Industry, Dentists

Two dentists compare notes on the changes in techniques they have witnessed.

Two dentists, Alistair McClean and Elaine Halley, compare notes on the changes in techniques from their different generations.

Two people from different generations who work in the health industry or have experience of the health industry discuss how technology has changed over their lifetimes. 

The series takes a look at a broad spectrum of the health professions from surgeons to nurses, dentists to birthing specialists, and looks at how technology has changed during the course of their working lives.   

How does the new technology affect our society?  What social changes does our approach to technology reveal?

The series begins with two dentists. Alistair McClean, now retired, worked in Perth as a dentist for 40 years, qualifying in 1964.  Elaine Halley also works in Perth but qualified in 1992.  They compare notes on the vast change in dental techniques and social changes such as the NHS, fluoride in water and views on cosmetic dentistry.

Producer: Laura Parfitt
A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4.

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People from different generations discuss how approaches to health have changed

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