There were only three decades in British history when it was the norm for patients to pay the hospital; those between the end of the First World War and the establishment of the National Health Service in 1948. At a time when payment is claiming a greater place than ever before within the NHS, this book uses a case study of the wealthy southern city of Bristol as the starting point for the first in-depth investigation of the workings, scale and meaning of payment in British hospitals before the NHS.
Payment and philanthropy in British healthcare, 1918-48 questions...
There were only three decades in British history when it was the norm for patients to pay the hospital; those between the end of the First World Wa...
