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Author Jones, Helen

Title Health and Society in Twentieth Century Britain
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (215 pages)
Series Themes In British Social History
Themes in British social history.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Dedication; 1. Introduction: a picture of health; A note on sources; 2. The race for health: Edwardian Britain; Introduction; Poverty, housing and the environment; Domestic strategies; Poverty, sex and labour; Ethnicity; Formal health services; Social reforms and the fear of national decline; Competitive strategies and health initiatives; 3. Fighting fit? 1914-18; Introduction; Double standards; Government intervention, productivity and health; The experiences of ethnic minorities
The elderlyThe troops; The balance sheet; 4. Poverty and the public's health: the inter-war years; Introduction; Female preoccupations; Health and leisure; In and out of work; Formal health services; Health, race and ethnicity; 5. The people's health: 1939-45; Warfare and welfare; Planning to protect civilian health; Coping with the strain; Working for victory; Looking to the future; 6. Hidden from view: 1945-68; Introduction; The creation and early workings of the NHS; The impact of the NHS; The persistence of inequalities; Double standards; Sex and leisure; Nursing; Immigrants
The workings of the NHS: shortcomings and developments7. Open sores: the late 1960s to early 1990s; Introduction; Social structure; Health and safety at work; Ethnic minorities' health; Feminist strategies; The shift from secondary care to primary care; Health education; The health services; Private health care; 8. Inequalities in health experience: the debate; Introduction; Class; Employment and unemployment; Women's health and gender inequalities; The health of ethnic minorities; Bibliographical note; Tables; Index
Summary Few things tell us more of a nation's general well-being than the development of the life-expectancy of its citizens; the rising standards of health that they come to demand; and how evenly that improvement is shared throughout society. Helen Jones examines the record of twentieth-century Britain in these respects. She has much heartening progress to record - yet stark inequalities remain. Her book is thus both a review of, and contribution to, the current debates over gender, class and ethnic inequalities in standards of health in Britain today
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Subject Social medicine -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Public health -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Medical care -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Medical care
Public health -- Social aspects
Social medicine
Great Britain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781317902126
1317902122