Stories
- Article
Dying at home and the doctor’s role
Our anonymous GP talks about the bittersweet rewards of supporting a patient when he chose to die at home.
- Article
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.
- Article
Society, not Covid-19, makes us vulnerable
Rick Burgess coped with the death of his mother in February 2020 by immersing himself in the task of protecting his community from Covid-19 and challenging the government's failure to protect and support elderly and Disabled people during the pandemic.
- Book extract
Why the NHS is worth saving
In this extract from his latest book, ‘Free For All’, Dr Gavin Francis poses challenging questions to be addressed if a health service that’s free for all at the point of use is to remain possible.
Catalogue
- Books
Elderly housebound : a report on elderly people who are incapacitated.
Snellgrove, Douglas R.Date: [1963]- Books
Focus on - Frail older people.
Date: 2010- Pictures
A medical practitioner examining the urine and taking the pulse of an elderly man. Oil painting by a follower of Jan Steen.
Steen, Jan, 1626-1679.Reference: 44725i- Pictures
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Vaccination against smallpox: a young Turkmen being vaccinated, contrasted with an elderly Turkmen who is blinded and disfigured by smallpox. Colour lithograph, 193-.
Date: [between 1930 and 1939]Reference: 545742i- Books
Dying for attention : a graphic memoir of nursing home care / Susan MacLeod.
MacLeod, Susan (Susan J.)Date: [2021]