UID:
almahu_9949881395802882
Format:
1 online resource :
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14 black & white illustrations
ISBN:
1-5261-6347-0
Series Statement:
Social Histories of Medicine ; ; 34
Content:
The National Health Service has provided Britain's healthcare since 1948. This institution has been the subject of tense political debate since its inception and has undergone a number of complex reforms and restructures. But the meanings of the NHS are not only - or even primarily - lived out in politics. Nearly every Briton comes into contact with the NHS - from cradle to grave - and this system of healthcare shapes society, culture and everyday life. This book charts these multiple meanings, looking at the NHS as a site of work, activism and consumerism, as a space and in cultural representations. Looking in these ways, the book shows how and why the NHS has become a symbol of Britishness and an object of fierce protectiveness, even love, today.
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Front Matter --
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Contents --
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List of figures --
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List of tables --
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Notes on contributors --
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Acknowledgements --
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Introduction --
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Part I: Work --
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1 The making of 'NHS staff' as a worker identity, 1948-85 --
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2 Sick notes are a waste of time --
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Part II: Activism --
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3 'Loving' the National Health Service --
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4 The everyday work of hospital campaigns --
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Part III: Consumerism --
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5 Consuming health? Health education and the British public in the 1980s --
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6 Customers who don't buy anything! The introduction of free dispensing at Boots the Chemists --
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Part IV: Space --
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7 The cultural significance of space and place in the National Health Service --
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8 'Bright-while-you-wait'? Waiting rooms and the National Health Service, c. 1948-58 --
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Part V: Representation --
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9 Representation of the National Health Service in the arts and popular culture --
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10 'If it hadn't been for the doctor, I think I would have killed myself' --
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Part VI: International --
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11 'A spawning of the nether pit'? Welfare, warfare, and American visions of Britain's National Health Service, 1948-58 --
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Epilogue --
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Select bibliography --
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Index
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-5261-6346-2
Language:
English
Keywords:
History
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History
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History
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