Healthcare in Private and Public from the Early Modern Period to 2000

"This rich, engaging, and highly innovative volume places the "mixed economy of health care"—the interplay of public, private, and philanthropic interests in the provision of health care—at the center of health care history. Moving from the 17th century through the late 20th century and traversing Britain, Europe, the U.S., and South Africa, Healthcare in Private and Public from the Early Modern Period to 2000 will be a welcome and refreshing addition to undergraduate syllabi in the history of medicine."Dominique Tobbell, University of Minnesota, USA

• List of Figures. List of Tables. Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. List of Contributors. 1 Introduction PAUL WEINDLING 2 Public and Private Health Care for the Poor, 1650s to 1960s ELIZABETH HURREN AND STEVEN KING 3 Children’s Health in Public and Private, 1700-1950 ALYSA LEVENE 3 Mental Disorder, Crime and the Development of Healthcare Systems KATHERINE D. WATSON 5 Health Care and the Design and Management of Public and Private Space: Britain, France and the US, c. 1750-c. 1950 TOM CROOK 6 Private and Public Traditions of Health Care in Central and South-eastern Europe, from the Nineteenth to the (Mid-) Twentieth Centuries MARIUS TURDA 7 Healthcare as Nation-Building in the Twentieth Century: The Case of the British National Health Service GLEN O’HARA AND GEORGE CAMPBELL GOSLING 8 South Africa’s Mixed Economy of Health Care ANNE DIGBY 9 Pharmaceutical Innovation in the Public and Private Spheres in the Twentieth Century VIVIANE QUIRKE 10 International Health between Public and Private in the Twentieth-Century PAUL WEINDLING Bibliography