Stories
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Medics, migration and the NHS
In the 1960s the NHS became Britain’s biggest employer. So to help fill all those jobs, the government brought in thousands of workers from abroad.
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Trust me, I’m a patient
Artist Rachel Rowan Olive is an expert in the way her mental health condition affects her. Here she explains how it helps if doctors understand that.
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Why some patients make my heart sink
Instead of getting nowhere with certain demanding, manipulative patients, our anonymous GP wonders if there’s a way to help them.
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The rise and fall of a medical mesmerist
Uncover the fascinating story of the doctor who popularised hypnotism as a medical technique, and could name Dickens among his famous friends.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Register of Courts Martial of personnel and patients at the Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich, London
Date: 1882-1960Reference: RAMC/1342Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection- Books
Guidelines on certain aspects of homosexuality / Lena Nilsson Schönnesson, author.
Schönnesson, Lena NilssonDate: [1988]- Pictures
A patient being examined before an audience of medical students. Watercolour attributed to M. Bishop, 1958 (?).
Bishop, Mary, (Mary Cecil Hamilton), 1914-1990.Date: [1958?]Reference: 2948676iPart of: Adamson Collection- Books
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An address to the public on the propriety of midwives, instead of surgeons, practising midwifery.
Pickmere, John Richard.Date: 1826- Books
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Dear GP... : patient-written clinical assessments of their mental health professionals.
Dear GP CollectiveDate: 2019