Angela Whitecross
1) Posters, protests, and prescriptions: Cultural histories of the National Health Service in Britain
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
The National Health Service has provided Britain's healthcare since 1948. This institution has been the subject of tense political debate since its inception and has undergone a number of complex reforms and restructures. But the meanings of the NHS are not only - or even primarily - lived out in politics. Nearly every Briton comes into contact with the NHS - from cradle to grave - and this system of healthcare shapes society, culture and everyday...