Modern Medicine: Britain 1/2: Health and the People: c1000 to the Present Day

Britain: Health and the People: c1000 to the Present Day - Modern Medicine. The resources are suitable for AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC GCSE History and iGCSE History.

• Modern treatment of disease: the development of the pharmaceutical industry; penicillin, its discovery by Fleming, its development; new diseases and treatments, antibiotic resistance; alternative treatments.
• The impact of war and technology on surgery: plastic surgery; blood transfusions; X-rays; transplant surgery; modern surgical methods, including lasers, radiation therapy and keyhole surgery.
• Modern public health: the importance of Booth, Rowntree, and the Boer War; the Liberal social reforms; the impact of two world wars on public health, poverty and housing; the Beveridge Report and the Welfare State; creation and development of the National Health Service; costs, choices and the issues of healthcare in the 21st century.

Please note that due to the number of resources, this is one half of the unit. You can purchase the other half of this unit and other sections separately. Included within this bundle are the following complete lessons, revision guide and assessment:

01 - Edwardian Britain
02 - Edwardian Public Health Reformers
03 - Origins of the Liberal Reforms
04 - Impact of the Liberal Government’s Social Reforms
05 - The Genius of Karl Landsteiner
06 - The Genius of Marie Curie
07 - The Development of Public Health during World War One
08 - The Development of Surgery during World War One
09 - Plastic Surgery - The Genius of Harold Gillies
10 - World War One and its Impact on the Development of Medicine
11 - The Discovery and Development of Penicillin
12 - The Development of the Pharmaceutical Industry
13 - Antibiotic Resistance
14 - The Genius of Alexander Fleming
15 - Modern Medicine: Assessment
16 - Modern Medicine: Revision Guide

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