TY  - BOOK
AU  - Breitnauer,Jaime
TI  - How the Black Death gave us the NHS : a journey through the history of epidemics, and their influence on social policy and public healthcare
SN  - 9781399001748
U1  - 362.10941 
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Barnsley
PB  - Pen & Sword History
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - National Health Service
KW  - History
KW  - Public health
KW  - Black Death
KW  - Epidemics
KW  - COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
N2  - "As the world is gripped by the coronavirus pandemic, all eyes in the UK have been on our NHS heroes. But where did they come from? Why do we have such a unique free at the point of use healthcare system? How has this benefitted British society? And how does healthcare in other countries work? Going back to pre-history, we will take a look at epidemics and pandemics through the ages and how they have consistently nudged healthcare policy toward a more social model. They say a measure of civilised society is how it provides for its citizens, and the NHS has been the backbone of Great Britain for the best part of a century. As well as looking at its origins and counterparts in other countries, we will take a look at how the Covid-19 pandemic has been handled, and what the future of social healthcare might be across the globe."--
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