Evolution of British General Practice, 1850-1948

Zusatztext This authoritative and comprehensive history of British general practice in the century leading up to the introduction of the National Health Service in 1984... a scholarly account brought to life by the personalised references so that this becomes a most readable and entertaining book... a fascinating an most readable book for anyone interested in the unfolding story of British general practice. Klappentext This is a major study of the formative period in the development of modern general practice in the UK. Drawing upon an impressive range of hitherto unused archival material, Professor Anne Digby analyzes the important changes and developments in primary health care in the century before the creation of the National Health Service in 1948. Zusammenfassung This book focuses on a formative period in the development of modern general practice. The foundations of present-day health care in Britain were created in the century before the National Health Service of 1948, when medicine was transformed in its structure, professional status, economic organization, and therapeutic power. In the first full-length study of general practice for these years, Anne Digby deploys an impressive range of hitherto unused archival material and oral testimony to probe the character of general practitioners careers and practices, and to assess their relationships with local communities, a wider society, and the state. An evolutionary approach is adopted to explain the origins and nature of the many changes in medical practice, and the lives of ordinary doctors. The study also explores the gendered nature of medical practice as reflected in the experience of a golden band of women GPs, and examines the hidden role of the doctors wife in the practice. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Constructing General Practice Part I: Careers 2: Professional Challenge 3: Recruitment, Education, and Training 4: Re-inventing Roles Part II: In Practice 5: The Medical Market 6: Organizing a Practice 7: Women Practitioners 8: Medical Investigation and Treatment 9: Patients Part III: A Wider World 10: Public Duties and Private Lives 11: Generalists, Specialists, and Others 12: National Health Insurance 13: The National Health Service Select Bibliography; Index ...

Product details

• Authors: Anne Digby, Anne (Professor of Social History Digby, Digby Anne
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.06.1999
• EAN: 9780198205135
• ISBN: 978-0-19-820513-5
• No. of pages: 392
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, General practice, European History, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, MEDICAL / Practice Management & Reimbursement, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, General Practice / Family Medicine