The battle for health : a political history of the Socialist Medical Association, 1930-51 /

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Author / Creator:Stewart, John, 1951-
Imprint:Aldershot, Hants ; Brookfield, VT : Ashgate Pub., c1999.
Description:259 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:History of medicine in context
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4146512
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ISBN:1859282180 (hardcover)
Notes:"Bibliography": p. [235]-247.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The genesis of the SMA, 1900-30
  • 'The People's Health'
  • The SMA, the Labour Party, and medical politics in the 1930s
  • The SMA and the London County Council
  • Fascism, medicine and war
  • 'Health of the Future'
  • 'The Battle for Health'
  • 'We Thought of It First': the SMA and the National Health Service
  • 'Pure but Impotent'?
  • Bibliography
  • Index