Stories
- Article
Why are women more willing donors than men?
Why is there a gender imbalance when it comes to the donation of organs, blood and tissue, and what can be done about it?
- Article
Providing care across languages
When medics are taught in English but their patients speak other languages, effective communication becomes fraught. Niyoshi Shah explores the linguistic gaps between patient and doctor.
- Long read
Healthy scepticism
Healthcare sceptics – like those opposed to Covid-19 vaccinations – often have serious, nuanced reasons for doubting medical authorities.
- Long read
Primodos, paternalism and the fight to be heard
Journalist Florence Wildblood examines the case of Primodos – a conveniently quick but risky hormone pregnancy test that was prescribed in the 1960s and ’70s – and profiles two women at the story’s shocking heart.
Catalogue
- Books
Going to market : women, trade and social relations in early modern English towns, c. 1550-1650 / David Pennington.
Pennington, David, 1977-Date: [2015]- Books
- Online
Nobody's story : the vanishing acts of women writers in the marketplace, 1670-1820 / Catherine Gallagher.
Gallagher, CatherineDate: 1995, ©1994- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Henry Wellcome Letter Book 5
Date: Jan 1899 - Aug 1901Reference: WF/E/01/01/05Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
2T records: 2T456-2T464
Date: 1983Reference: SA/TIH/B/1/7/38Part of: Tavistock Institute of Human Relations- Archives and manuscripts
2T records: 2T465-470 [missing 2T468-2T469]
Date: 1983Reference: SA/TIH/B/1/7/39Part of: Tavistock Institute of Human Relations