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Health and Medicine in Britain since 1860. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
Albion, June, 2002 by Heaman, E.A.
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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