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Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare

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Access to healthcare is important to all of us. Did the arrival of state medicine in the twentieth century mean that everyone had access to good medical services? If you fell sick in 1930 where could you get treatment from a GP, a hospital, a nurse? This free course, Medicine transformed: On access to healthcare, shows that in the early twentieth century, access to care was unequally divided. The rich could afford care; working men, women and children were helped by the state; others had to rely on their own resources.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 Access to healthcare, 1880–1930
  • 1 Access to healthcare, 1880–1930
  • 2 Patterns of disease
  • 2 Patterns of disease
  • 3 Preserving health
  • 3 Preserving health
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Health and wealth
  • 3.3 Hygiene
  • 3.4 Health and the working class
  • 3.5 The health of mothers and children
  • 3.6 Health education
  • 4 Domestic care
  • 4 Domestic care
  • 5 Calling in help
  • 5 Calling in help
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 General practitioners
  • 5.3 Irregular and unorthodox practitioners
  • 5.4 Clinics and outpatient services
  • 5.5 Nurses, district nurses and midwives
  • 6 Hospital care
  • 6 Hospital care
  • 7 Conclusion: the medicalisation of society?
  • 7 Conclusion: the medicalisation of society?
  • 7.1 A review
  • 7.2 The public take control
  • 7.3 Childbirth
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Acknowledgements

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    Enrique Enriquez @EEnriquez
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    Engaging with this course revealed a nuanced exploration of the structural inequalities in healthcare access between 1880 and 1930. The analysis convincingly demonstrates how class dictated the quality of care, from the health preservation strategies of the wealthy to the state and charitable provisions for the working class. The provided course description was accurate, as was the certification and estimated completion time. Studying the patterns of disease, the impact of medicalisation, and the roles of voluntary societies and government provides a critical historical lens.
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