Description
Product ID: | 9781526163462 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Social Histories of Medicine |
Title: | Posters, Protests, and Prescriptions |
Subtitle: | Cultural Histories of the National Health Service in Britain |
Authors: | Author: Jane Hand, Jennifer Crane |
Page Count: | 368 |
Subjects: | European history, European history, History, Social and cultural history, History of medicine, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Social & cultural history, History of medicine, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period) |
Description: | The National Health Service determines how Britons receive healthcare. It is a source of national pride, a workplace and a symbol. This book explores how the cultural meanings of the NHS developed and changed since its foundation in 1948, shaped by activism, labour, consumerism, space and representation. The National Health Service determines how Britons receive healthcare. It is a source of national pride, a workplace and a symbol. This book explores how the cultural meanings of the NHS developed and changed since its foundation in 1948, shaped by activism, labour, consumerism, space and representation. -- . |
Imprint Name: | Manchester University Press |
Publisher Name: | Manchester University Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2022-06-07 |