Philanthropy and the hospitals of London
Subtitle: the King's Fund, 1897-1990
By: F.K. Prochaska ; with a foreword by HRH the Prince of Wales.
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
Subjects: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London; King Edward's Hospital Fund for London; Voluntary hospitals -- Great Britain -- London -- Finance -- History; Charities -- history -- London; Economics, Hospital -- history -- London; Fund Raising -- history -- London; Hospitals -- history -- London
Description: The King's Fund was the leading charitable institution for the support of the voluntary hospitals of London before the creation of the NHS and continues to seek to improve health care and management. This study places the Fund in the context of the history of philanthropy and social provision.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-297) and index.