Stories
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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.
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A story of death, trauma and austerity
Marienna Pope-Weidemann, whose teenage cousin Gaia died after going missing, advocates a rethink of our systems, which currently fail many in mental distress.
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The shocking ‘treatment’ to make lesbians straight
Being a lesbian has never been a crime in the UK, but 50 years ago, some psychologists experimented with treatments to try to ‘cure’ women of their orientation. Find out what this involved.
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Lying low for lockdown and beyond
For Liz Carr the chances of catching Covid-19 are the same as for anyone else, but as a Disabled person she's at much greater risk of not getting the treatment she needs if she falls ill.
Catalogue
- Books
- Online
The Electronic patient record : sixth report of session 2006-07 / House of Commons, Health Committee.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Health Committee.Date: 2007- Books
Changes to your health records : summary care records / NHS.
Date: 2009- Videos
How to jump the health queue.
Date: 2001- Books
- Online
UK Clinical Research Collaboration and the Wellcome Trust : frontiers meeting on the use of electronic patient records for research and health benefit.
Date: 2007- Books
Developing NHS administrative registers : an information management and technology strategy for the NHS in England / Information Management Group of the NHS Management Executive.
Date: 1993