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Social History of Medicine Advance Access published online on June 2, 2009
Social History of Medicine, doi:10.1093/shm/hkp006
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© The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for the Social History of Medicine. All rights reserved.

History, Policy and the Social History of Medicine

Simon Szreter*

* St John's College, Cambridge CB2 1TP, UK. Email: srss{at}cam.ac.uk


  Abstract

The History and Policy network at www.historyandpolicy.org is an initiative designed to make relevant aspects of historians' research accessible to those involved in deliberating over public policy. Originally founded as a website in 2002, it is now a growing network of professional historians who are assisted by a full-time external relations office. There are now over 80 policy papers on the website, from ancient to modern history, many of them derived from research in the social history of medicine. From the personal perspective of one of the network's founders, the article briefly outlines the nature and purpose of History and Policy and encourages historians of medicine to consider the opportunity of presenting more of their work before a wider public audience.

Keywords: history and policy; history of medicine and health; applied history; The Old Poor Law; identity registration and social protections systems in Africa


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