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Death and our digital ghosts

When we die, our data lives on. And as companies are increasingly spotting money-making opportunities from digital legacies, now could be the time to think about – and control – yours.

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Nurturing my autistic, gender-questioning child

As mother of an autistic child who questions her gender, Jude Lax describes cherishing her growing daughter as she explores her identity.

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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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Primodos, paternalism and the fight to be heard

Journalist Florence Wildblood examines the case of Primodos – a conveniently quick but risky hormone pregnancy test that was prescribed in the 1960s and ’70s – and profiles two women at the story’s shocking heart.

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  • A mother sits sewing as her children play: promoting Norplant as a family planning method in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Family Health Services Project, ca. 1994.
  • The popular herbal family medical guide and husband's and wife's handbook / The Hygienic Stores Ltd.
  • Family planning methods in Ghana. Colour lithograph by the Ministry of Health Ghana, ca. 2000.
  • Smiling families: family planning in Uganda. Colour lithograph by Delivery of Improved Services for Health II, 2001.
  • An unhappy large family compared to a happy small family: family planning in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by CIDJAP, ca. 1998.
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