Stories
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Are you still nursing?
Julia Martins might get the side-eye for breastfeeding a three-year-old in the UK but, as she explains, examples from history, as well as the cultural norms of Brazil, where she grew up, are firmly on the side of extended nursing.
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The work of wet-nursing
Many of us know that in the past, babies were sometimes nourished by wet-nurses. But, perhaps surprisingly, the practice continues today – and the milk recipients are not only babies.
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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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Vaccinating a community, saving lives
Doctor Jane Harvey always goes the extra mile to care for her patients, and in recent months that’s extended to huge efforts to save lives with her coronavirus vaccination push.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Health + Care Show 2015 - Exhibitors N-No
Date: 2015Reference: ES/HAC2015/15Part of: Exhibitions and Shows- Archives and manuscripts
Correspondence - General Meeting and Executive Committee
Date: 19 Dec 1969Reference: SA/CMO/C/121Part of: Association of County Medical Officers of Health and the County Medical Officers Group of the Society of Medical Officers of Health- Books
Australia's first nursing research unit : a milestone in the history of Australian health - Townsville, 1933 / John Wilson.
Wilson, John R.Date: 1994- Videos
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Men in the nursing team.
Date: 1973- Books
The rent breasts : a brief history of wet-nursing / M. Livia Osborn.
Osborn, M. Livia.Date: 1979