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Papers by Martin Gorsky

Research paper thumbnail of British hospitals and the public sphere: contribution and participation before the NHS

Gorsky, M., Mohan, J. and Powell, M. (2002) British hospitals and the public sphere: contribution... more Gorsky, M., Mohan, J. and Powell, M. (2002) British hospitals and the public sphere: contribution and participation before the NHS inspiration and collapse. In, Sturdy, S. (ed.) Medicine, Health and the Public Sphere in Britain, 1600-2000. Oxford, UK, Routledge, 123-145. (Routledge ...

Research paper thumbnail of Mutualism and health care: British hospital contributory schemes in the twentieth century

Research paper thumbnail of Age, sickness, and longevity in the Late Nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries: evidence from the Hampshire friendly society

Social Science History, Jan 1, 2006

... In the case of the HFS, the state of the society's finances did influence its ab... more ... In the case of the HFS, the state of the society's finances did influence its ability to provide sickness benefits, and this led to a tightening of the rules and a reduction in the volume of sickness claims during the first half of the 1890s (Edwards et al. 2003: 143–44). ...

Research paper thumbnail of Mutual aid and civil society: friendly societies in nineteenth-century Bristol

Urban History, Jan 1, 1998

... organizational form.45 It subsequently resisted the state's efforts towards &amp... more ... organizational form.45 It subsequently resisted the state's efforts towards 'embourgeoisment', and retained its character as ... What role did friendly societies play in the public life of the city ... Members are shown as a percentage of local population and of families in the census, which ...

Research paper thumbnail of Don't Look Back: Voluntary and Charitable Finance of Hospitals in Britain, Past and Present

Abstract This book provides a reassessment of the role of charitable and voluntary fundraising fo... more Abstract This book provides a reassessment of the role of charitable and voluntary fundraising for health care, with a particular focus on the hospital. It does so firstly by summarising the principal findings of a major research project on the pre-National Health ...

Research paper thumbnail of London's Voluntary Hospitals in the Interwar Period: Growth, Transformation, or Crisis?

Nonprofit and voluntary sector quarterly, Jan 1, 2001

Research paper thumbnail of The financial health of voluntary hospitals in interwar Britain

The Economic History Review, Jan 1, 2002

Research paper thumbnail of British voluntary hospitals, 1871-1938: the geography of provision and utilization

Journal of Historical Geography, Jan 1, 1999

This article examines the distribution of beds, staff and in-patients in voluntary hospitals in E... more This article examines the distribution of beds, staff and in-patients in voluntary hospitals in England, Wales and Scotland between 1871 and 1938. The findings bear upon two theoretical debates; first, the concern of historians of social policy with the extent to which charity and mutual insurance delivered a satisfactory level of institutional care before the NHS, and second, the broader issue of whether the localism of voluntary sector provision tends to produce a geographically uneven service. We survey the chronology of voluntary hospital growth pointing to reasons for foundations. We then analyse the levels of beds, staff and in-patients per head of population in counties, county boroughs and large burghs. This evidence suggests that despite the expansion of the sector and the narrowing of differences between places, considerable variations in provision and utilization remained. We argue that these variations were likely to have had an impact on the health of individuals. We conclude by tracing the emergence in political and public discourse of the perception that geographical unevenness was a failing of the voluntary system.

Research paper thumbnail of Patterns of philanthropy: charity and society in nineteenth-century Bristol

... ii; Judith Bennett, 'Conviviality and charity in medieval and early modern Engla... more ... ii; Judith Bennett, 'Conviviality and charity in medieval and early modern England', P&P cxxxiv (1992), 19-41; Ben R. McRee, 'Charity and gild solidarity in late medieval England', Journal of British Studies xxxii (1993), 195-225; Felicity Heal, 'The idea of hospitality in early ...

Research paper thumbnail of The growth and distribution of English friendly societies in the early nineteenth century

The Economic History Review, Jan 1, 1998

... exclusion of children from the enumeration of paupers in 1813-5, prevent a systematic compari... more ... exclusion of children from the enumeration of paupers in 1813-5, prevent a systematic comparison. ... The most likely explanation lies instead with the performance of particular urban economies ... Bristol was close to the national mean, and although its growth now lagged behind its ...

Research paper thumbnail of British hospitals and the public sphere: contribution and participation before the NHS

Gorsky, M., Mohan, J. and Powell, M. (2002) British hospitals and the public sphere: contribution... more Gorsky, M., Mohan, J. and Powell, M. (2002) British hospitals and the public sphere: contribution and participation before the NHS inspiration and collapse. In, Sturdy, S. (ed.) Medicine, Health and the Public Sphere in Britain, 1600-2000. Oxford, UK, Routledge, 123-145. (Routledge ...

Research paper thumbnail of Mutualism and health care: British hospital contributory schemes in the twentieth century

Research paper thumbnail of Age, sickness, and longevity in the Late Nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries: evidence from the Hampshire friendly society

Social Science History, Jan 1, 2006

... In the case of the HFS, the state of the society's finances did influence its ab... more ... In the case of the HFS, the state of the society's finances did influence its ability to provide sickness benefits, and this led to a tightening of the rules and a reduction in the volume of sickness claims during the first half of the 1890s (Edwards et al. 2003: 143–44). ...

Research paper thumbnail of Mutual aid and civil society: friendly societies in nineteenth-century Bristol

Urban History, Jan 1, 1998

... organizational form.45 It subsequently resisted the state's efforts towards &amp... more ... organizational form.45 It subsequently resisted the state's efforts towards 'embourgeoisment', and retained its character as ... What role did friendly societies play in the public life of the city ... Members are shown as a percentage of local population and of families in the census, which ...

Research paper thumbnail of Don't Look Back: Voluntary and Charitable Finance of Hospitals in Britain, Past and Present

Abstract This book provides a reassessment of the role of charitable and voluntary fundraising fo... more Abstract This book provides a reassessment of the role of charitable and voluntary fundraising for health care, with a particular focus on the hospital. It does so firstly by summarising the principal findings of a major research project on the pre-National Health ...

Research paper thumbnail of London's Voluntary Hospitals in the Interwar Period: Growth, Transformation, or Crisis?

Nonprofit and voluntary sector quarterly, Jan 1, 2001

Research paper thumbnail of The financial health of voluntary hospitals in interwar Britain

The Economic History Review, Jan 1, 2002

Research paper thumbnail of British voluntary hospitals, 1871-1938: the geography of provision and utilization

Journal of Historical Geography, Jan 1, 1999

This article examines the distribution of beds, staff and in-patients in voluntary hospitals in E... more This article examines the distribution of beds, staff and in-patients in voluntary hospitals in England, Wales and Scotland between 1871 and 1938. The findings bear upon two theoretical debates; first, the concern of historians of social policy with the extent to which charity and mutual insurance delivered a satisfactory level of institutional care before the NHS, and second, the broader issue of whether the localism of voluntary sector provision tends to produce a geographically uneven service. We survey the chronology of voluntary hospital growth pointing to reasons for foundations. We then analyse the levels of beds, staff and in-patients per head of population in counties, county boroughs and large burghs. This evidence suggests that despite the expansion of the sector and the narrowing of differences between places, considerable variations in provision and utilization remained. We argue that these variations were likely to have had an impact on the health of individuals. We conclude by tracing the emergence in political and public discourse of the perception that geographical unevenness was a failing of the voluntary system.

Research paper thumbnail of Patterns of philanthropy: charity and society in nineteenth-century Bristol

... ii; Judith Bennett, 'Conviviality and charity in medieval and early modern Engla... more ... ii; Judith Bennett, 'Conviviality and charity in medieval and early modern England', P&P cxxxiv (1992), 19-41; Ben R. McRee, 'Charity and gild solidarity in late medieval England', Journal of British Studies xxxii (1993), 195-225; Felicity Heal, 'The idea of hospitality in early ...

Research paper thumbnail of The growth and distribution of English friendly societies in the early nineteenth century

The Economic History Review, Jan 1, 1998

... exclusion of children from the enumeration of paupers in 1813-5, prevent a systematic compari... more ... exclusion of children from the enumeration of paupers in 1813-5, prevent a systematic comparison. ... The most likely explanation lies instead with the performance of particular urban economies ... Bristol was close to the national mean, and although its growth now lagged behind its ...