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  • From cradle to grave : fifty years of the NHS

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    Rivett, Geoffrey and King's Fund
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    This book is published to mark the 50th anniversary of the NHS. It traces chronologically the major achievements and events in medicine, nursing, hospital development, primary health care and health management. The introductory chapter describes the health services in 1948. The next five chapters each cover a decade, and begin ...

  • The development of the London Hospital System, 1823-1982

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    King Edward's Hospital Fund for London and Rivett, Geoffrey
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    This history begins with the foundation of the Lancet in 1823, and ends in 1982 with the restructuring of the National Health Service, when the management of hospitals in isolation from other health services had ceased. The opening chapters consider the endowed and voluntary hospitals, the poor law infirmaries and ...