The quest for public health in Manchester
Subtitle: the industrial city, the NHS and the recent history
By: Emma L Jones and John V. Pickstone ; foreward by Rajan Madhok
Contributors: Pickstone, John V.; Madhok, R. (Rajan)
Publisher: Manchester NHS Primary Care Trust in association with the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of Manchester; Distributed by Carnegie Publishing
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Manchester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9780955897115
Subjects: Public health; National health services; Medical care; Public Health; History; National Health Programs; Santé publique; Services de santé; Assurance-maladie; Öffentliches Gesundheitswesen; Sozialmedizin; National Health Service
Description: Manchester was the original modern city. From the notorious districts of high mortality around 1840, through the scandals around 1900 over the poor physiques of would-be soldiers, it has been a classic case in the world-history of industrialisation and health. This book briefly reviews the story to World War Two, including new historical research; but then the focus is on the lesser-known history of the last sixty years.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 148-152) and index.
Table of contents: title: From the Industrial Revolution to the Welfare State; title: Post-war Public Health : from the introduction of the NHS to its Re-organisation in 1974; title: A Re-organised NHS, 1974-1990; title: The 1990's : Public Health and Neo-Liberalism; title: Public Health in the Twenty First Century; title: Learning from History.