Nick Black

Incompetent surgeons, corrupt royal colleges, nepotism and quackery. The medical establishment - a small coterie of self-serving doctors - went unchallenged. Until 1823, when a young surgeon, son of a farmer, who'd survived being at sea, mastered bare-knuckle fighting, and escaped assassination, did what no doctor had dared. Risking ruin, Thomas Wakley established The Lancet, an uncompromising radical journal which scandalized the establishment and initiated modern health care. Why him? What made him do what thousands hadn't? Based on true events, this novel tells how this ingenious man overcame adversities, driven by his passion for reform.

The world of fundraising is changing. In an increasingly digital world, traditional in-person fundraising events are bringing in less and less support for nonprofits. And yet charitable giving is on the rise! People want to be able to donate to causes conveniently and on the social platforms where they spend their time. Through their donation, they wish to share in a nonprofit’s mission and connect with a community of supporters like themselves. This–and much more–is possible through social giving–a new mode for fundraising that accounts for over $7 billion dollars (and counting) in nonprofit donations. Every nonprofit can leverage social giving to maximize their fundraising potential, energizing their nonprofit to do more good. In One-Click to Give, Jeremy Berman and Nick Black, founders of GoodUnited, share how they’ve partnered with nonprofits from across the U. S. to raise over $1 billion through social giving. You’ll learn how to create a future-proof social giving strategy that lays the foundation for a thriving community of supporters. And with a look to the future, they describe the trends that may impact your nonprofit’s much-needed work. Jeremy and Nick are on a mission to give every donor a meaningful experience, and One-Click to Give invites you to join them. By humanizing, personalizing, and revolutionizing social media fundraising, they are transforming the way nonprofits fundraise and engage their supporters. This guidebook is essential for the nonprofit leader who seeks sustainable funding to continue their world-changing missions.

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Westminster Hall, 13 December 1828. Midnight. Thousands are massed outside. Newspapers are holding their presses. James Lambert, a young apothecary-surgeon, has accused a leading surgeon at Guy's Hospital of killing a patient. Never before has a doctor's competence been challenged in a court. What drove him to take on the medical establishment, risking everything he'd always wanted? For two centuries his contribution to the making of modern health care has lain unrecognised. This novel, based on true events, tells his extraordinary story.

No single discipline can provide a full account of why health care is the way it is. Introducing an accessible overview of health services and drawing on medicine, sociology, economics, history and epidemiology, this book provides a series of conceptual frameworks which help to clarify some of the complexity that confronts the inexperienced observer. Helping to determine what influences and shapes health services, it also examines some of the key processes involved in providing healthcare, considering three levels: individual patients, health care organizations such as hospitals, and regional or national institutions such as governments. This second edition has been updated to include recent developments and further examples and activities from low, middle and high income countries. The book examines: • how medical knowledge, staff, patients and finance shape health services • what factors influence utilization of health services • the roles played by users of health services• how to define and measure outcomes and assess performance• how practice and policy can be changed to improve the quality of health careUnderstanding Health Services, 2nd Edition is an essential resource for students of public health and health policy, researchers, public health practitioners and policy makers. Understanding Public Health is an innovative series published by Open University Press in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, where it is used as a key learning resource for postgraduate programmes. It provides self-directed learning covering the major issues in public health affecting low, middle and high income countries." This excellent book provides an ideal background to understanding how health services work and how they can be studied. Not tied to any particular country, it includes key chapters on how health services have developed and are organised, need and demand, the role of health professionals, and measuring and improving quality of care. The book is ideal reading for students on Masters courses in public health and related subjects from high-, middle- and low-income countries and includes learning objectives and exercises in each chapter which can be completed individually or used for discussion. Strongly recommended." Martin Roland, Emeritus Professor of Health Services Research, University of Cambridge, UK"Health services are central to attaining high levels of population health and providing those services consumes a substantial share of our financial resources. This book provides a splendid introduction to many of the key building blocks including medical knowledge and other key inputs, payment and other factors that influence utilization, and in turn quality of care and outcomes. The learning objectives are a wonderful aid for self-directed learning as are the directed activities and feedback, the text is lucid and the main concepts are very easy to access. This is a great book for someone looking to develop a broad understanding of health services. I will be surprised if it does not become a classic. It will surely be at the top of my list of recommended readings for my own students." Arnold M Epstein, John H Foster Professor and Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, USA

Highly Commended, BMA Medical Book Awards 2013The history of health care is complex, confusing, and contested. It involves more than just the creation of hospitals and dispensaries, infirmaries, and health centers. There are also royal colleges, trades unions, medical schools, nurses’ homes, coroners’ courts, nursing sisterhoods, ambulance stations, patients’ organizations, and medical missions. Usually, to enhance our understanding we sit and read books, or, nowadays, surf the Internet. But it’s more fun to go out, visit the buildings where events unfolded and transport yourself back in time. The story of how health care has developed from medieval times to the present day is told through seven walks in central London, each with a key theme, such as:Competition between the church, crown, and city for controlChanging fortunes of particular districtsRadical reform between 1840 and 1880Individual creativity and entrepreneurshipHospitals’ unavoidable choice between merger or migrationTransformation of health care trades into professionsDevelopment of primary careThe book takes as much interest in one of the six ambulance stations build in 1915 by the London County Council as it does in the grandest teaching hospital. Although some important buildings have been destroyed, and others are threatened, many remain. The walks aim to help preserve our legacy as, increasingly, former health care buildings are converted into hotels, offices, homes, and shops. Awareness of their original functions is in danger of being lost. The book also aims to increase our understanding of the current challenges we face in trying to improve health care. For there are many lessons to be learnt from the past. Packed full of curious and surprising facts about medicine and beautifully illustrated with maps, photographs, and images, this is the perfect guide book for anyone with a passion for urban walks, the history of London, and, of course, medicine.