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Publicly supported health care was created over a century ago and by the mid-twentieth century had become a reality in most industrialised countries. In recent decades, however, health care has become increasingly marketised and ‘health’ is again being reconfigured as a personal rather than a collective responsibility. This chapter traces the history of public health care from its origins to these twenty-first century (re)configurations.
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Bella, L. (2010). In Sickness and in Health: Public and Private Responsibility for Health Care from Bismarck to Obama. In: Harris, R., Wathen, N., Wyatt, S. (eds) Configuring Health Consumers. Health, Technology and Society. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230292543_2
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