Stories
- Article
Guerrilla public health
From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.
- Article
Dirt, disease and the Inspector of Nuisances
In the days when ‘bad air’ was thought to spread disease, dozens of Inspectors of Nuisances ceaselessly struggled against the perils of dirt – both visible and invisible.
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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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Coasting to catastrophe
In climate change, everything – and everyone – is connected. The watery process that will gradually cut off the Isle of Thanet from the British mainland has begun, and everyone in the UK needs to pay attention.
Catalogue
- Books
Parkinson's disease / Office of Health Economics.
Office of Health Economics (London, England)Date: [1974], ©1974- Books
Asthma / Office of Health Economics.
Date: 1976- Books
Rabies / Office of Health Economics.
Date: 1976- Books
Anaesthesia / Office of Health Economics.
Date: 1976- Books
Migraine / Office of Health Economics.
Date: 1972