The Social Services : The immediate problem and the way forward
1944 1944 1940s 34 pages spite of their handicaps includes many leaders of the struggle for better material conditions. Our social services grew up in an age when poverty was regarded as inevitable, and their main emphasis has always been on the relief of distress and the rescue of victims of the so...
| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
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| Language: | English English |
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London : The Socialist Medical Assocation
[1944?]
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/41929EEC-6D76-49F0-931A-386A22335FB6 http://hdl.handle.net/10796/BA922182-E5D8-4A73-9A94-B905AB15E44A |
| Summary: | 1944
1944
1940s
34 pages
spite of their handicaps includes many leaders of the struggle for better material conditions. Our social services grew up in an age when poverty was regarded as inevitable, and their main emphasis has always been on the relief of distress and the rescue of victims of the social system, the sick, the aged, orphans and the disabled. We are now moving into an age when poverty can and must be removed, and we are becoming conscious that the emphasis in social service must be shifted towards providing for the normal person the most satisfactory life that modern resources make possible, and this goes far beyond the mere raising of material standards. Social insecurity, an inadequate national health service, poor nutrition and perhaps above all, bad housing conditions, still hamper our efforts, and these obstacles to progress must be removed as quickly as possible. They must not however blind us to the opportunities for advance in other directions. Our efforts to overcome these inadequacies must be integrated with all other aspects of the Health Services. Health Centres are the key to the new Health Service and the success of the scheme depends to a large extent on the development of these centres, with adequate facilities for diagnosis and treatment, and expert opinion available when the general practitioner considers it necessary. Efficient records must be kept and transferred to 2
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