| Creating the National Health Service: Aneurin Bevan and the Medical Lords Contributor(s): Rintala, Marvin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0714655066 ISBN-13: 9780714655062 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $180.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2003 Annotation: The NHS is often seen as a natural development of previous legislation, such as the 1911 National Insurance Act. The 1911 Act, however, enabled visits to general practitioners by insured workers, while the NHS entitled all Britons to medical care in and out of hospitals. The Labour Party had never embraced such a comprehensive national system, neither had the Beveridge Report. In 1945 Bevan therefore had little precedent to guide his creation of the NHS. This book reveals the importance of Lord Moran's expert medical advice for Bevan: The Bevan-Moran alliance also led to bitter opposition from Thomas Lord Horder, Britain's most distinguished consulting physician, and the book charts how he became the most important medical foe of the NHS. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Health Care Delivery |
| Dewey: 362.109 |
| LCCN: 2003046149 |
| Series: Cass Series--British Politics and Society |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.48" W x 9.26" (0.90 lbs) 164 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The origins of the NHS are the subject of this study that presents evidence on the key players who participated in the founding of the system. The author also traces those who opposed the NHS. |