Cover of Payment and Philanthropy in British Healthcare, 1918-48

Book 2017

Payment and Philanthropy in British Healthcare, 1918-48

Publisher
Manchester University Press
Language
English
Published
2017
  • Medical care, great britain
  • Health Care Costs
  • Social Medicine
  • History
  • Hospitals
  • Prospective payment

This title examines how commercial medicine operated before the foundation of the NHS, and how this could be compatible with a system based on charity. It challenges the assumptions of historians, politicians, and the public.