Contemporary medical television and crisis in the NHS
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5682104 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hannah Hamad (0000-0002-8949-7206, University of East Anglia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 136-150 |
| Publication date | 2016-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Studies in Television The International Journal of Television Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-6020 • E-ISSN: 1749-6039 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1749602016645778 |
| OpenAlex | W2360519055 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 12 |
This article maps the terrain of contemporary UK medical television (TV), paying particular attention to Call the Midwife as its centrepiece, and situating it in contextual relation to the current crisis in the National Health Service. It provides a historical overview of UK and US medical TV, illustrating how medical TV today has been shaped by noteworthy antecedents. It argues that crisis rhetoric surrounding healthcare leading up to the passing of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 has been accompanied by a renaissance in medical TV; and that issues, strands and clusters have emerged in forms, registers and modes with noticeable regularity, especially around the value of affective labour, the cultural politics of nostalgia and the neo-liberalization of healthcare
Economics · Economy · Health care · Healthcare service · Liberalization · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Rhetoric · Sociology · The Renaissance · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Healthcare Systems and Challenges · History · Law · Media Studies and Communication
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |