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The Politics of Health Reform from a Medieval Perspective - Professor William Ayliffe
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Is the NHS medieval? Is this an insulting claim to make? Insulting to modern hospitals or those of the Middle Ages?
Uploaded 31-08-11
Professor William Ayliffe considers modern health reform from the perspective of Tudor medical practice. He provides an overview of some of London's most important mediveval hospitals, including St Bartholomew's, St Thomas' and St Mary's Bethlem, and compares our own healthcare systems with those of the Tudors, in terms of cleanliness, dignity to patients and even hospital architecture.
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the full conference's page on the Gresham College website:
http://www.gresham.ac.uk/http%3A/%252Fwww.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/tudor-health-reform
Gresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website.
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