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Abstract
What does it mean to love a healthcare system?
It is often claimed that the UK population is unusually attached to its National Health Service and the last decade has seen increasingly visible displays of gratitude and love. Whilst social surveys of public attitudes measure how much Britain loves the NHS, this book mobilises new empirical research to ask how Britain love its NHS.
The answer delves into a series of public practices – such as campaigning, donating and volunteering within NHS organisations – and investigates how attitudes to the NHS shape patient experience of healthcare. Stewart argues that these should be understood as practices of care for, and contestation about the future of, the healthcare system.
This book offers a timely critique of both the potential, and the dysfunctions, of Britain’s complex love affair with the NHS.
It is often claimed that the UK population is unusually attached to its National Health Service and the last decade has seen increasingly visible displays of gratitude and love. Whilst social surveys of public attitudes measure how much Britain loves the NHS, this book mobilises new empirical research to ask how Britain love its NHS.
The answer delves into a series of public practices – such as campaigning, donating and volunteering within NHS organisations – and investigates how attitudes to the NHS shape patient experience of healthcare. Stewart argues that these should be understood as practices of care for, and contestation about the future of, the healthcare system.
This book offers a timely critique of both the potential, and the dysfunctions, of Britain’s complex love affair with the NHS.
Original language | English |
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Place of Publication | Bristol |
Number of pages | 192 |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2023 |
Keywords
- Britain
- NHS
- practices
- care
- contestation
- healthcare system
- public attitudes
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Border Crossings: Charity and voluntarism in Britain's mixed economy of health care since 1948
Harris, B., Harris, B., Stewart, E. & Stewart, E.
1/10/20 → 30/09/24
Project: Research
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- 1 Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Contributor to BBC Radio Scotland Good Morning Scotland show
Ellen Stewart (Recipient)
5 Jul 2023Activity: Public Engagement and Other Activities › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation