Payment and Philanthropy in British Healthcare, 1918–48

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George Campbell Gosling (University Teacher in Modern British History) Keir Waddington

Payment and Philanthropy in British Healthcare, 1918–48

George Campbell Gosling (University Teacher in Modern British History), Keir Waddington

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Manchester University Press
08 February 2017

Health systems & services; History of medicine

Series: Social Histories of Medicine

This book is available as an open access ebook under a CC-BY-NC-ND licence. At a time when payment is claiming a greater place than ever before within the NHS, this book provides the first in-depth investigation of the workings, scale and meaning of payment in British hospitals before the NHS. There were only three decades in British history when it was the norm for patients to pay the hospital; those between the end of the First World War and the establishment of the National Health Service in 1948. Payment played an important part in redefining rather than abandoning medical philanthropy, based on class divisions and the notion of financial contribution as a civic duty.

With new insights on the scope of private medicine and the workings of the means test in the hospital, as well as the civic, consumer and charitable meanings associated with paying the hospital, Gosling offers a fresh perspective on healthcare before the NHS and welfare before the welfare state. -- .

By: George Campbell Gosling (University Teacher in Modern British History)
Series edited by: Keir Waddington
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 422g
ISBN: 9781526114327
ISBN 10: 1526114321
Series: Social Histories of Medicine
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 08 February 2017
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

George Campbell Gosling is Lecturer in History at the University of Wolverhapton

Reviews for Payment and Philanthropy in British Healthcare, 1918–48

‘…an important piece of historical investigation and interpretation and this particular volume adds further not only to our knowledge of healthcare in what is now understood to be a crucial era but also to that of voluntarism and the origins of modern social work.’ John Stewart, Glasgow Caledonian University, Social History -- .