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Health and Medicine in Britain since 1860. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)

Albion,  June, 2002  by Heaman, E.A.

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Anne Hardy. Health and Medicine in Britain since 1860. (Social History in Perspective.) New York: Palgrave. 200 1.Pp. xi, 220. $65.00. ISBN 0-333-60 010-X.

According to Anne Hardy, health and medicine have changed since 1860, but not enough. Life expectancy has nearly doubled, thanks to influences which Hardy lists serially: first, public health improvements to the environment, then the provision of welfare services, and finally of free medical care. Health has moved to the very center of the political agenda: Labour party posters urged voters to get Out and vote for ...

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