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The National Health Service : a political history / Charles Webster.

Title
The National Health Service : a political history / Charles Webster.
Author
Webster, Charles, 1936-
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

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Description
xiii, 241 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Summary
This OPUS looks at the political decisions surrounding the foundation of the NHS on 5 July 1948 and the purpose which it was intended to serve.
Subject
  • National Health Service
  • Geschichte 1943-1998
  • Geschichte 1943-1998
  • Politics
  • State Medicine > history
  • National health services > Great Britain > History
  • Medical care > Great Britain > History
  • Public health > Great Britain > History
  • United Kingdom
Genre/Form
  • History
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations -- 1. Creation and Consolidation -- 2. Planning and Reorganization -- 3. Continuous Revolution -- 4. New Age of Labour -- Conclusions -- App. General Elections, Prime Ministers, and Health Ministers from 1945 -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Index.
ISBN
0192892967
LCCN
^^^97047054^
OCLC
  • 38042932
  • SCSB-10534510
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library