Revitalizing child health: lessons from the past

Lessons from the past ?

During the years following the Second World War, members of the English teaching community in London, often within the London Association for the Teaching of English, conducted work which led to a “new” English for the emerging comprehensive school system. Such work was rooted in the belief that English teaching should be responsive to the culture, class, language and experience of children. Co...

Lessons from the past.

This article considers errors of care in neonatology. In the 19th century errors that resulted in high infant mortality were shaped by the social environment, and in this setting the development of the incubator failed. In the early 20th century, with the emergence of the modern hospital as a technological, science-driven system, physicians had more control of patients' environments, and thus m...

Racism in the National Health Service: lessons from the past.

Racism in the National Health Service: lessons from the past Dr McNaught is right to point out examples of racism in the NHS (December 2004 JRSM1). But what to do about it? Maybe we can learn some lessons from the past. Today there is an over-representation of black people in the mental health system but in the 1960s Irish people were over-represented.2 Psychiatrists thought that the prevalence...

Hurricanes and child health: lessons from Cuba

Miranda DS, Choonara I. Arch Dis Child (2010). doi:10.1136/adc.2009.178145 1 of 2 HURRICANES A hurricane is a large rotating storm with a central area of very low pressure and strong winds greater than 74 mph (118 km/h). 1 The hurricane is graded 1–5 in relation to the strength of the winds, which can be greater than 155 mph (249 km/h, category 5). 2 Hurricanes arise from warm, moist air from ...

Lessons from the past decade for future health reforms.