Placing the Public in Public Health in Post-War Britain, 1948–2012 [electronic resource] / by Alex Mold, Peder Clark, Gareth Millward, Daisy Payling.

Mold, Alex.
Placing the Public in Public Health in Post-War Britain, 1948–2012
Erişim Adresi
ISBN
9783030186852 978-3-030-18685-2
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
DK/1443
Yazar
Basım Bildirimi
1st ed. 2019.
Yayın Bilgisi
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
Fiziksel Niteleme
VIII, 141 p. 1 illus. in color. online resource.
Dizi
Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Modern History, 2947-9150
İçindekiler Notu
1 Introduction -- 2 The Public and Public Health -- 3 Imagining Publics -- 4 Speaking Back -- 5 Changing Publicness -- 6 Conclusion.
Özet, vb.
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.
Konu
Great Britain __ History.
Medicine __ History.
Medical policy.
History, Modern.
Social history.
History of Britain and Ireland.
History of Medicine.
Health Policy.
Modern History.
Social History.