Battle for Health - A Political History of the Socialist Medical Association, 193051

First published in 1999, this is the first scholarly study of the Socialist Medical Association (SMA), an organisation of left-wing medical practitioners founded in 1930 and affiliated to the Labour Party in the following year.

List of contents

1. Introduction. 2. The Genesis of the SMA, 1900-1930. 3. ‘The People’s Health’. 4. The SMA, the Labour Party, and Medical Politics in the 1930s. 5. The SMA and the London County Council. 6. Fascism, Medicine, and War. 7. ‘Health of the Future’. 8. ‘The Battle for Health’. 9. ‘We Thought of It First’: The SMA and the National Health Service. 10. ‘Pure but Impotent’?

About the author

John Stewart

Summary

First published in 1999, this is the first scholarly study of the Socialist Medical Association (SMA), an organisation of left-wing medical practitioners founded in 1930 and affiliated to the Labour Party in the following year.

Product details

• Authors: John Stewart, John (University of Birmingham Stewart
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.02.2020
• EAN: 9781138350427
• ISBN: 978-1-138-35042-7
• No. of pages: 268
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education