Stories
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Eugenics and the welfare state
Indy Bhullar explores the ideas of William Beveridge and Richard Titmuss, who were strongly influenced by eugenic thinking, and yet championed the idea of the welfare state.
- Long read
Healthy scepticism
Healthcare sceptics – like those opposed to Covid-19 vaccinations – often have serious, nuanced reasons for doubting medical authorities.
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NHS Blue: the colour of universal healthcare
The 1980s and 1990s saw ideas from the world of business infiltrating the NHS, including the introduction of an internal market, followed by a corporate branding exercise.
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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.
Catalogue
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Antecedents to modern Rwanda : the Nyiginya Kingdom / Jan Vansina ; translated by the author.
Vansina, JanDate: [2004], ©2004- Books
AIDS, politics, and music in South Africa / Fraser G. McNeill.
McNeill, Fraser G., 1977-Date: 2011- Archives and manuscripts
Long Safari: report, itinerary and financial statement
Date: 1961Reference: WTI/DPB/D/1/3Part of: Burkitt, Denis Parsons (1911-1993)- Archives and manuscripts
Explorers Cuttings Book 4
The Wellcome Foundation LtdDate: 1924 - 1930Reference: WF/M/GB/35/03Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
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How societies are born : governance in West Central Africa before 1600 / Jan Vansina.
Vansina, JanDate: 2004