Deborah Brunton was a senior lecturer in the History of Medicine at The Open University. Her previous publications include Health and Wellness in the Nineteenth Century (2014), The Politics of Vaccination. Practice and Policy in England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, 1800–1874 (2008), Medicine Transformed: Health, Disease and Society in Europe 1800–1930 (2004) and Health, Disease and Society in Europe 1800–1930: A Sourcebook (2004).

• Part I: 1. Introduction; Part II: Narrative 2. Disease in modern Britain; 3. Medical ideas; 4. Medical practices; 5. Medical care in institutions; 6. Medical practitioners; 7. Health and the state; Part III: Assessment 8. Medicine in modern Britain: change, continuity, variation; Part IV: Documents

'This easy to read and engaging book offers a comprehensive overview of the history of medicine in modern Britain, including the various approaches, sources and terminology used by medical historians. I enthusiastically recommend this book to students as an up-to-date introduction to the history of medicine that identifies geographical variations in British experiences of health and medicine, and that touches upon recent research themes such as ‘health’ and ‘domestic’ medicine'.Kathryn Woods, University of Warwick, UK