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Placing the Public in Public Health in Post-War Britain, 1948-2012 / by Alex Mold, Peder Clark, Gareth Millward, Daisy Payling.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mold, Alex, Author.
- Clark, Peder, Author.
- Millward, Gareth, Author.
- Payling, Daisy, Author.
- Series:
- Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Modern History, 2947-9150
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain--History.
- Great Britain.
- Medicine--History.
- Medicine.
- Medical policy.
- History, Modern.
- Social history.
- History of Britain and Ireland.
- History of Medicine.
- Health Policy.
- Modern History.
- Social History.
- Local Subjects:
- History of Britain and Ireland.
- History of Medicine.
- Health Policy.
- Modern History.
- Social History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (VIII, 141 p. 1 illus. in color.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2019.
- Place of Publication:
- 2019.
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This open access book explores the question of who or what 'the public' is within 'public health' in post-war Britain. Drawing on historical research on the place of the public in public health in Britain from the establishment of the National Health Service in 1948, the book presents a new perspective on the relationship between state and citizen. Focusing on health education, health surveys, heart disease and the development of vaccination policy and practice, the book establishes that 'the public' was not one thing but many. It considers how public health policy makers and practitioners imagined the public or publics. These publics were not mere constructions; they had agency and the ability to 'speak back' to public health. The nature of publicness changed during the latter half of the twentieth century, and this book argues that the relationship between the public and public health offers a powerful lens through which to examine such shifts.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Public and Public Health
- 3 Imagining Publics
- 4 Speaking Back
- 5 Changing Publicness
- 6 Conclusion.
- ISBN:
- 9783030186852
- 3030186857
- OCLC:
- 1105039110
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