Placing the Public in Public Health in Post-War Britain, 1948-2012

This open access book explores the question of who or what 'the public' is within 'public health' in post-war Britain. Drawing on historical research on the place of the public in public health in Britain from the establishment of the National Health Service in 1948, the book pre...

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Main Author: Mold, Alex (auth)
Other Authors: Clark, Peder (auth), Millward, Gareth (auth), Payling, Daisy (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer Nature 2019
Series:Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Modern History
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