Title Health and society in Britain since 1939 / prepared for the Economic History Society by Virginia Berridge

Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 133 pages.) Series New studies in economic and social history New studies in economic and social history Contents 1. Introduction: historiographical contexts. Writing about the war and post-war period -- 2. Health and the Second World War -- 3. Health policy, health and society, 1948-1974 -- The organisation of services -- Community care and lay care -- The health care division of labour -- From environmentalism to personal prevention -- 4. Health policy, health and society, 1974-1990s -- The organisation of services -- Community care and lay care -- The health care division of labour -- The public's health and public health: variations and inequalities -- 5. Conclusion Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on print version record Subject Health -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Medical policy -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Social medicine -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Public health -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Form Electronic book Author Cambridge University Press ISBN 9780511622199 (electronic bk.) 0511622198 (electronic bk.)

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