Get Free Shipping on orders over $89
The NHS : Britain's National Health Service, 1948-2020 - Susan Cohen

The NHS

Britain's National Health Service, 1948-2020

By: Susan Cohen

Paperback | 12 November 2020

At a Glance

Paperback


$29.99

or 4 interest-free payments of $7.50 with

Ships in 15 to 25 business days


A beautifully illustrated history of Britain's most revered and valued institution: the NHS.

In March 2020 the UK went into lockdown to help contain the spread of COVID-19 and protect the NHS from one of the greatest threats that it has faced in its 72-year history. Today more than ever, all eyes are on this beloved institution as it continues to innovate and adapt to meet the challenges of providing national healthcare in the modern world.

In this fully illustrated introduction, Dr Susan Cohen traces the history of the NHS from its establishment after the Second World War, through seven decades of changing management and organisation, often in controversial political circumstances, right up to the current COVID-19 crisis. Including personal recollections from healthcare professionals on the frontline, as well as the patients in their care, this important and timely volume offers a comprehensive overview of one of the world's most remarkable healthcare systems.

About the Author

Susan Cohen is an historian with a wide interest in twentieth-century British social history. She has written and lectured widely on a variety of subjects and her books for Shire include The Midwife, The District Nurse, The Women's Institute and Medical Services in the First World War.

More in History of Medicine

The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Medicine - Maoshing Ni

RRP $62.00

$33.99

45%
OFF
I, Vera : The Many Lives of Vera Gedroits, a Radical Princess - Miranda Seymour
Hildegard of Bingen's Medicine : Folk Wisdom Series - Dr. Wighard Strehlow
Anatomy : Exploring the Human Body - Phaidon Editors

RRP $79.95

$58.99

26%
OFF
Quackery : A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything - Lydia Kang
Ten Days in a Mad-House : Story of the Intrepid Reporter - Nellie Bly
Stiff : The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers - Mary Roach

RRP $32.99

$25.75

22%
OFF
Rabid : A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus - Bill Wasik
Born : The Untold History of Humanity - Lucy Inglis

RRP $34.99

$28.75

18%
OFF
Born : The Untold History of Humanity - Lucy Inglis

RRP $52.99

$40.75

23%
OFF