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The development of the London Hospital System, 1823-1982

Author:

King Edward's Hospital Fund for London and Rivett, Geoffrey

Publication date:

1986

Abstract:

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 ...