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Comedy

Comedy films, books, and cartoons have been produced about the NHS. These have shaped as well as reflected how people think about this institution.[1] Before the NHS was launched, the [British Medical Association] were opposed to the idea of doctors becoming state employees on fixed salaries.[2] Cartoonists made their opinions about this conflict known. David Low, a famous cartoonist, published a cartoon in the "Evening Standard" on the 14 December 1944 showing Charles Hill, BMA Secretary, being examined by a doctor. The doctor states, 'Don't be alarmed. Whatever's the trouble, you're not going to die from enlargement of the social conscience.'[3]

  1. ^ Crane, Jenny (10 November 2016). "'Humour and the NHS: Is 'laughter the best medicine'? Is NHS policy a 'sick joke'?". peopleshistorynhs.org. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  2. ^ "British Medical Association". People's History of the NHS. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
  3. ^ Low, David (14 December 1944). British Cartoon Archive http://archives.cartoons.ac.uk/GetMultimedia.ashx?db=Catalog&type=default&fname=LSE1173.jpg. Retrieved 22 November 2016. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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