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oapen-20.500.12657-229492024-03-22T19:23:35Z Placing the Public in Public Health in Post-War Britain, 1948–2012 Mold, Alex Clark, Peder Millward, Gareth Payling, Daisy History Great Britain—History Medicine—History Medical policy History, Modern Social history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBP Health systems and services thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBX History of medicine 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. 2020-03-18 13:36:15 2020-04-01T08:57:30Z 2020-04-01T08:57:30Z 2019 book 1007212 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/22949 eng Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Modern History application/pdf n/a 1007212.pdf https://www.springer.com/9783030186852 Springer Nature 10.1007/978-3-030-18685-2 10.1007/978-3-030-18685-2 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 141 Cham open access
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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.
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