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Int J Health Plann Manage. 2014 Oct 23. doi: 10.1002/hpm.2271. [Epub ahead of print]

Perspective: lessons from the past.

Holland WW.

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• London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

Abstract

A considered analysis of some factors used in the past 50-70 years in medical education, care on a hospital ward, organisation of health services, medical research and the attitudes of media and politics to health services is described. The possible reasons for changes in these areas over time are considered, and recommendations are made in each area on how current practice could be improved in the light of past experience.