1st Edition

Class Inequality and Health Care The Origins and Impact of the National Health Service

By Vivienne Walters Copyright 1980
174 Pages
by Routledge

174 Pages
by Routledge

Since its introduction in 1948 the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK has generally been regarded with veneration. There is a general belief that it has removed class inequalities in access to care and by implication, reduced inequalities in health. This book suggests that the formation of the NHS was a far less radical move – rather an attempt to rationalise an inefficient health care... Read more

Introduction. Lines from The Stammerer’s Complaint 1. Emergence of the Problem 2. A New Profession 3. Notions of Causality 4. Irregularities of the Peripheral Speech Organs 5. Neurological and Psychological Influences 6. Therapeutic Practices 7. Medicine and Surgery 8. Didactic Techniques ad Remedial Aids.

Biography

Vivienne Walters