Stories
- Article
The birth of Britain's National Health Service
Starkly unequal access to healthcare gave rise to Nye Bevan’s creation of a truly national health service.
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The secret lives of Britain’s first Black physicians
Dr Annabel Sowemimo explores the web of connections between early Black British doctors, the role of empire in West Africa and the pernicious reach of scientific racism.
- Book extract
Of incubators, orchids and artificial wombs
In this extract from Claire Horn’s new book, ‘Eve: The Disobedient Future of Birth’, she traces the development of the artificial womb, soon to become a reality.
- Book extract
Why the NHS is worth saving
In this extract from his latest book, ‘Free For All’, Dr Gavin Francis poses challenging questions to be addressed if a health service that’s free for all at the point of use is to remain possible.
Catalogue
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Medical Ethics in Britain Related Documents
The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCLDate: 1963-2006Reference: GC/253/A/31/8Part of: Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine Seminars- Journals
Bulletin of the Czechoslovak Medical Association of Great Britain.
- Journals
Notes of the Czechoslovak Medical Association in Great Britain.
- Journals
Monthly bulletin / Institute of Medical Laboratory Technology.
- Books
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Vital statistics : a memorial volume of selections from the reports and writings of William Farr / edited for the Sanitary Institute of Great Britain by Noel A. Humphreys.
Farr, William, 1807-1883.Date: 1885