Gps, Politics and Medical Professional Protest in Britain, 18801948

This book charts the journey of British General Practitioners (GPs) toward professional self-realisation through the development of a political consciousness manifested in a series of bruising encounters with the government.

About the author

Chris Locke is currently an honorary research fellow in the Department of History at the University of Sheffield. With postgraduate degrees in History and Law, he developed his interest in medical politics during a thirty-year career advising medical practitioners on contractual and policy matters.

Product details

• Authors: Chris Locke
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 14.04.2025
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Humanities, art, music > History
• EAN: 9781032572017
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3257201-7
• Pages: 396
• Series: Routledge Studies in Modern British History
• Subjects: European History, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Modern / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, History of Medicine, British & Irish history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, Medical Sociology, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Professional autonomy, healthcare policy history, political activism by physicians, trade unionism in medicine, interwar healthcare reform, British welfare state development