Stories
- Article
Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
- Article
Conflicted and confused about lithium
Covid-19 left Laura Grace Simpkins out of work and living back with her parents. She now had time to restart her research into her medication, but was she mad to continue?
- Long read
Healthy scepticism
Healthcare sceptics – like those opposed to Covid-19 vaccinations – often have serious, nuanced reasons for doubting medical authorities.
- Long read
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.
Catalogue
- Books
Medical economics. Special issue, April 20, 1970, The pursuit of high : a report on our drug abuse epidemic and what you can do about it.
Date: 1970- Books
Handbook of health economics / edited by Mark V. Pauly, Thomas G. McGuire, Pedro Pita Barros.
Date: 2012- Journals
The British journal of medical economics.
- Books
An introduction to health economics / M.F. Drummond.
Drummond, Michael.Date: 1995- Books
Medical care at public expense : a study in applied welfare economics / Mark V. Pauly.
Pauly, Mark V., 1941-Date: [1971]