Stories
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The history of brainwashing
Is it possible to control what other people think? In this abridged extract from his book ‘Brainwashed’, psychoanalyst and historian Daniel Pick offers us a new history of thought control.
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Medics and the bomb
Would a nuclear attack on the UK overwhelm the NHS? At the height of the Cold War, despite government optimism, medics predicted doom.
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Cowpox, Covid-19 and Jenner’s vaccination legacy
The well-known story of vaccination pioneer Edward Jenner has at its heart his drive to make vaccines free of charge and available to all. Now his principles extend to the global campaign for a people’s patent-free vaccine for Covid-19.
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Booze and bad behaviour
Our love of alcohol is like a party that’s lasted nine centuries. But there are signs that the demon drink is losing its appeal.
Catalogue
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A shared vision for UK health research / Office for Strategic Coordination of Health Research.
Great Britain. Office for Strategic Coordination of Health Research.Date: March 2010- Books
Chairman's first progress report / Office for Strategic Coordination of Health Research.
Great Britain. Office for Strategic Coordination of Health Research.Date: 2008- Books
New medicines, the practice of medicine, and public policy : a strategic view of how innovation in the development of medicine will impact on the practice of medicine and the delivery of healthcare during the next two decades / Sir Richard Sykes.
Sykes, Richard, Sir, 1942-Date: 2000- Archives and manuscripts
Strangeways Research Laboratory
Strangeways, T.S.P., 1866-1926.Date: c.1901-1999Reference: SA/SRL- Archives and manuscripts
Tavistock Institute of Human Relations
Tavistock Institute of Human RelationsDate: 1940s-2000sReference: SA/TIH