The People's Health
1932-07 1932 1930s 24 pages The People's Health IN this pamphlet an attempt will be made to describe very briefly what in the present state of our knowledge may be considered to be the Ideal Health Service for a country such as ours. In discussing such a Service, however, consideration must...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
| Language: | English English |
| Published: |
London : The Labour Party
July 1932
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/BFC64F23-52AF-40CF-BCBD-9F854691D8C3 http://hdl.handle.net/10796/BF4CECB0-AA5A-488B-B2BC-80008DAA072A |
| Summary: | 1932-07
1932
1930s
24 pages
The People's Health IN this pamphlet an attempt will be made to describe very briefly what in the present state of our knowledge may be considered to be the Ideal Health Service for a country such as ours. In discussing such a Service, however, consideration must be given to what is possible as well as what is desirable, so that a really good return may be obtained for all that is spent on the health needs of the people. It will be convenient to deal with the subject in three Sections :— (A) Principles that must be kept in mind. (B) The Ideal Health Service (page 7). (C) The legislative and administrative steps necessary for the development of such a Service (page 14). (A) Principles that must be kept in mind In trying to work out in some detail the Health Service of the future, there are certain principles that have to be kept constantly in mind. (1) A Preventive Service. The medical service of the future will have much more to do with the prevention of disease than has the medical service of the present. To-day we divide doctors into those who prevent and those who treat disease, and the latter out-number the former by perhaps ten to one. It will be pointed out that by curing one disease others are prevented. This is, of course, true, but what is necessary is that every doctor shall have his mind directed into preventive channels and that this shall not be left entirely to a chosen few. Unfortunately, at the present time, preventive medicine takes but a very small place in the curriculum of the medical student, and the laws of health for adults and children are hardly taught at all. The reason is, of course, abundantly clear. For the ordinary practitioner the commercial value of a knowledge of preventive medicine is exceedingly small. No one pays his doctor to keep him fit, and very few people except the mothers of young children inquire of their doctors concerning the laws of health. There is so much diagnosis and treatment that the preventive side is largely neglected. All this will have to be changed. One of the chief concerns of every doctor will have to be the prevention of disease. It must be the business of the doctor to keep his patients well and to report anything he may notice amiss with his 3 B
292C/155/1/1 |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: | TEXT |