The National Health Service : a political history
Webster, Charles, 1936-2002
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This text looks at the political decisions surrounding the foundation of the NHS on 5 July 1948 and the purpose which it was intended to serve. The foundation of the National Health Service on 5 July 1948 was a momentous development in the history of the United Kingdom. Issues of health care touch the lives of everyone, and the NHS has come to be regarded as the cornerstone of the welfare state and as a model for state-organised health care systems elsewhere. Yet throughout its history, the Service has existed in an atmosphere of crisis. Charles Webster's political history is an entirely new and original examination of theNHS from its inception through to its management under the first term of the current Labour government, providing the necessary framewrork for assessing its future as we enter the new millennium.
Main title:
The National Health Service : a political history / Charles Webster.
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Edition:
New ed.
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Collation:
xv, 284 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Previous ed.: 1998.Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-275) and index.
ISBN:
9780199251100 (pbk)
Dewey class:
362.10941
Language:
English
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BRN:
790041