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Should be read by...every specialist in public administration in Ireland and England during the nineteenth century. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW A very useful survey of medical charities and medical politics in Ireland, and of the debates surrounding public health policy in England. JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC HISTORYFills a significant gap in our knowledge. SOCIAL HISTORY OF MEDICINEAn important revisionary study of English public health reform. ALBION An informative and genuinely scholarly treatment provid(ing) a fascinating insight into the medical politics of a conflict-ridden society and offer(ing) a fresh way in which to view the evolution of the Poor Law. ARCHIVES
Book Description
Should be read by...every specialist in public administration in Ireland and England during the nineteenth century. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW **`Choice' Outstanding Academic Book of 1998**In mid-nineteenth-century Ireland there existed a system of medical relief for the poor, via a country-wide system of dispensaries, superior to any public health system in England and arguably in Europe. This book examines the dispensary system and Irish health policy and administration in general, focusing upon the Medical Charities Act of 1851, which placed medical relief under the control of the Irish Poor Law Commission. The Commission's origin, motivation and effect (for example on epidemic control, cholera and famine) are analysed in detail, together with the pre-famine medical charities it replaced and the reorganised poor law system, taking the story through to 1872. The argument is set firmly in the context of the pattern of government growth, of British medical politics as a whole, and of British policy in Ireland; it also shows how the Irish experience influenced developing British policies on health provision. R.D. CASSELL is Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Medical Charities, Medical Politics: The Irish Dispensary System and the Poor Law, 1836-1872 (Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series),Ronald D. Cassell,Royal Historical Society,0861932285,19th century,Government policy,Health & Fitness,Health Care Delivery,Health Care Issues,Health Care Policy,Health Policy,Health Services For Special Classes,History,History: World,Ireland,Law and legislation,Medical / Nursing,Medical care,Poor,British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900,Health systems & services,History of medicine,Science / History,Social welfare & social services,c 1800 to c 1900
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