Stories
- Article
Why gene editing can never eliminate disability
In a world where DNA testing and gene editing offer ways to eliminate certain disabilities, Jaipreet Virdi explores a more accepting and inclusive approach.
- Article
Eugenics and the welfare state
Indy Bhullar explores the ideas of William Beveridge and Richard Titmuss, who were strongly influenced by eugenic thinking, and yet championed the idea of the welfare state.
- Article
When doctors get sick
Feeling guilty about developing a health problem, our anonymous GP contemplates how the system could better support doctors when they’re sick.
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When self-deception becomes global hoax
Being deceived isn’t always a case of believing someone else’s lie. Experiments have shown that many of us can be manipulated into accepting our own fictions as true.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
'Insurance companies accused of immorality on HIV tests'
Date: 1993Reference: SA/SMO/J.7/3/9Part of: Society of Medical Officers of Health- Archives and manuscripts
"Muriel Radford 1920, Insurance and Pay"
Date: 1920Reference: PP/RAD/A/2/2/9Part of: Radford, Drs Maitland and Muriel- Audio
Insurance and genetic disorders : Wellcome Trust survey.
Date: 1998- Books
- Online
Medical combinations against life insurance companies.
Date: 1851- Archives and manuscripts
Investments (Railway Companies) and Fire Insurance
Date: 1919-1920Reference: SA/SRL/A.13Part of: Strangeways Research Laboratory