Stories
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Rejecting shame and a decade of change
Jess Thom spent years trying to ignore and suppress the tics of Tourette’s syndrome. Read what happened when she decided to celebrate them instead.
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The 200-year search for normal people
Sarah Chaney poses the question we’ve likely all asked at some point in our lives: 'Am I normal?’, and explores whether normality even exists.
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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.
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Providing care across languages
When medics are taught in English but their patients speak other languages, effective communication becomes fraught. Niyoshi Shah explores the linguistic gaps between patient and doctor.
Catalogue
- Books
Foetal, infant and early childhood mortality / United Nations Dept. of Social Affairs.
United Nations. Department of Social Affairs.Date: 1954- Books
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Report of the Commission appointed to Inquire into the Decrease of the Native Population, with appendices.
Fiji. Commission appointed to Inquire into the Decrease of the Native Population.Date: 1896- Archives and manuscripts
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Office for National Statistics
Date: 1969-1996Reference: SA/PIC/E/14Part of: Population Investigation Committee- Archives and manuscripts
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Population Inquiry papers
Date: 1938-1949Reference: SA/PIC/F/5/5Part of: Population Investigation Committee- Archives and manuscripts
Pregnancy in Humans and Cattle: Book I
Date: c1893Reference: GALTON/2/5/3/1Part of: Galton Papers