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Placing the public in public health in post-war Britain, 1948–2012

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Mold, Alex, Clark, Peder, Millward, Gareth and Payling, Daisy (2019) Placing the public in public health in post-war Britain, 1948–2012. Cham: Palgrave Pivot. ISBN 9783030186845

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18685-2

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Abstract

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.

Item Type: Book
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > History
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
Place of Publication: Cham
ISBN: 9783030186845
Official Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-18685-2
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access
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