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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A history of mindfulness
Matt Drage questions how an ancient religious practice became a secular cure for stress.
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A brief history of ventilation
As ventilators continue to play an important part in helping very ill coronavirus patients, medical historian Dr Lindsey Fitzharris traces their development from the first attempts at mouth-to-mouth resuscitation through centuries of medical crises.
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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.
Catalogue
- Books
The people's health : health intervention and delivery in Mao's China, 1949-1983 / Zhou Xun.
Zhou, Xun, 1968-Date: [2020]- Books
A historical view of people's involvement in health care in modern Japan / Chieko Kawata.
Kawata, Chieko.Date: 1991- Books
Medieval western hospitals : social or health care facilities / Eduard Seidler.
Seidler, EduardDate: 1989- Archives and manuscripts
Frank Honigsbaum 'From Apothecary to Fund Holder - Two Hundred Years of General Practice
Date: 1993Reference: GP/29/3/2Part of: Oral History of General Practice, 1935-1952- Books
The development of hospitals in Britain since 1700 and their changing role in health care / Lindsay Granshaw.
Granshaw, Lindsay Patricia, 1954-Date: 1989