A Socialist History of the NHS: The economic and social forces that have shaped the National Health Service
Publication details: VDM Verlag 2009 ISBN: 3639170172Subject(s): National Health Service -- History | Great Britain -- History -- National Health Service| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations |
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Fischer Hall Library Main shelves | RA395. G6M854 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | B013261 |
Introduction – 5
Chapter One: Health Care from Antiquity to the Poor Law – 7
Chapter Two: “The antidote to Bolshevism” Health Care from the Boer War to World War Two – 26
Chapter Three: Social Reform or Social Revolution? The Birth of the NHS – 37
Chapter Four: “The Biscuit of Socialism” The NHS comes to Northern Ireland – 50
Chapter Five: “A promising but neglected child” The NHS from 1948 to 1979 – 65
Chapter Six: Health Service Trade Unionism – 71
Chapter Seven: “The National Health Service is safe with us” The NHS under Thatcher and Major: The
Anarchy of the Market – 83
Chapter Eight: The NHS under New Labour Did things get any better? – 106
Chapter Nine: Centralisation of services Is bigger better? – 116
Chapter Ten: Privatisation by stealth “Their hands in our safe” – 126
Chapter Eleven: Why is the NHS under attack? – 140
Chapter Twelve: Conclusion – what should be done? – 145
Bibliography – 155