Bang goes another kidney unit

Bang goes another kidney unit

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Author(s):
Boase Massimi Pollitt, designer.
Contributor(s):
Zwerdling, Michael, former owner
National and Local Government Officers Association (Great Britain), issuing body.
Leeds Postcards (Firm), publisher.
Publication:
Leeds, England : Leeds Postcards, [1983?]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Health Expenditures
Health Priorities -- economics
State Medicine -- economics
Health Policy -- economics
United Kingdom
Genre(s):
Postcard
Abstract:
This postcard was issued by the National and Local Government Officers Association (NALGO) to challenge the British government's priority of financing the military rather than healthcare. The top portion of the black and white postcard shows a military plane above the clouds, entering the frame at an angle. It has just shot a missile. At the bottom of the postcard is text describing insufficiencies in healthcare due to lack of government funding: closed wards in newly built hospitals, hospital closures, fewer beds, and long waits for operations. It notes that between 1981 and 1984 military defense spending rose 30%.
Copyright:
This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use.
Extent:
1 postcard : 15 x 9 cm
Provenance:
Purchase; Michael Zwerdling; 2004; 04-22.
Technique:
black and white
NLM Unique ID:
101746396 (See catalog record)
OCLC no.:
1280592526
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101746396