Stories
- Article
Public health campaigns and the ‘threat’ of disability
By continuing to represent disability as the feared outcome of disease, public health campaigns help to perpetuate prejudice against disabled people.
- Article
Medics, migration and the NHS
In the 1960s the NHS became Britain’s biggest employer. So to help fill all those jobs, the government brought in thousands of workers from abroad.
- Book extract
Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
- Article
Pain and the power of activism
Today, women with endometriosis have more access to better information than ever before. Jaipreet Virdi applauds the shared stories, online communities and self-help books empowering women in pain.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
British Empire Cancer Campaign
Date: 1964-1966Reference: SA/SRL/E.4Part of: Strangeways Research Laboratory- Archives and manuscripts
British Empire Cancer Campaign
Date: 1967-1970Reference: SA/SRL/E.5Part of: Strangeways Research Laboratory- Archives and manuscripts
British Empire Cancer Campaign (later Cancer Research Committee) Bone Tumour Panel minutes (unsigned)
Date: Jan 1960-Aug 1973Reference: SA/CRC/A.33Part of: Cancer Research Campaign, formerly British Empire Cancer Campaign- Videos
British Empire Cancer Campaign compilation.
Date: 1953-9- Film
British Empire Cancer Campaign compilation.
Date: 1953-9