Stories
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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.
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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.
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Tripping for spiritualism and science
Getting high in the name of religion or creativity has been practised for centuries. Now it seems hallucinogenics could help treat mental illnesses too.
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Medics and the bomb
Would a nuclear attack on the UK overwhelm the NHS? At the height of the Cold War, despite government optimism, medics predicted doom.
Catalogue
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Detailed proposals for careers in biomedical sciences : a discussion paper / prepared by the Committee of the Association of Researchers in Medical Sciences.
Association of Researchers in Medical Sciences (Great Britain)Date: 1981- Books
The impact of HIV/AIDS on young people's hetrosexual behaviour in Britain : a literature review / Daniel Wight.
Wight, DanielDate: 1990- Books
The case for careers in medical research / prepared by the Association of Researchers in Medical Sciences.
Association of Researchers in Medical Sciences (Great Britain)Date: 1980- Archives and manuscripts
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain I
Date: Dec 1934-Aug 1937Reference: SA/BMA/G.19Part of: British Medical Association- Archives and manuscripts
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain II
Date: Sep 1937-Dec 1945Reference: SA/BMA/G.20Part of: British Medical Association