Concept information
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health care management
health care facilities, manpower, and services
health services
health care systems
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educational systems
educational organizations
British educational organizations
international organizations
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health and social care
health care quality, access, and evaluation
health services research
international organizations
social science subjects
politics and international relations
international affairs
international organizations
Preferred term
National Health Service
Definition
- As part of the post-World War II political settlement between capital and labour in Britain, led by Minister of Health Aneurin Bevan, the Attlee Labour government extended the national insurance system to provide free medical treatment to all in 1948. The policy was fiercely rejected by the British Medical Association, which saw it as a form of government control of the profession and an intrusion on its autonomy. [Source: The Sage Dictionary of Health and Society; National Health Service (NHS)]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/National_Health_Service
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