Sub-series 2 - Katharine Whitehorn's research files

7 files

Katharine Whitehorn's research files for articles published in the Observer on the following subjects:

National Health Service, abortion and birth control c1969-1979
Research on various medical issues including the NHS, abortion and birth control.
Includes: printed background material, notes, press cuttings, and correspondence.

Rape 1974
Research for an article on the increase of rape cases.
Includes: printed background material, correspondence, drafts of articles, readers' letters and some responses, notes and notebooks, and press cuttings.

State and deterioration of the National Health Service, 1975
Research for articles on the state and the deterioration of the National Health Service (NHS) including international comparisons, with a special focus on women's health.
Includes: printed background literature, some readers' letters, general letters regarding her research, handwritten notes, draft articles and speeches by Whitehorn, press cuttings, and material from the First International Congress on Patient Counselling 1976.

Age Gap - You Magazine 1975
Research for an article on married couples where the wife is older than the husband.
Includes: reports from volunteers on the question of marital age gap, and completed questionnaires on readers' background for participants in age gap research.

Italian health service 1980
Material surrounding Whitehorn's research on the Italian health service and her trip to the country in 1980.
Includes: notes and notebooks, printed research material, correspondence and introductory letters to Italian officials, drafts of articles on the Italian health system and on impressions from her short stay in Rome.

Growing old in groups 1982
A community living project for older people based in London mentioned in an article in the Observer by Katherine Whitehouse in 1982.
Includes letters from potential participants and correspondence with organisers such as Mary Stott.

Asbestos 1984
Research for articles on Asbestos hazards especially in Glasgow.
Includes readers' letters and published background material.

Creator: The Observer Limited; Katherine Whitehorn

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