title: History matters.
abstract: When politicians turn to history it is usually to justify their policies rather than to learn real lessons--much to historians' irritation.
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Timmins
mesh_terms: D018166:Health Care Reform; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D011057:Politics; D013222:State Medicine / Q000266:history*; D006113:United Kingdom