"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. GPs are an essential part of the social fabric of modern Britain but...

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1. Verfasser:	Locke, Chris 1958- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York ; London Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2024
Schriftenreihe:	Routledge studies in modern British history
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1880-1948 Protest Gesundheitspolitik Allgemeinarzt Großbritannien Physicians (General practice) / Political activity / Great Britain Family medicine / Political aspects / Great Britain / History / 19th century Family medicine / Political aspects / Great Britain / History / 20th century Great Britain / Ministry of Health National health services / Great Britain / History / 19th century National health services / Great Britain / History / 20th century
Zusammenfassung:	"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. GPs are an essential part of the social fabric of modern Britain but as a group have always felt undervalued, clashing with the government over the terms on which they offered their services to the public. Explaining the background to these disputes and the motives of GPs from a sociological perspective, this research casts new light on some defining moments in the creation of the modern British state, from National Health Insurance to the National Health Service, and the history of the British medical profession. It examines these events from the point of view of the professionals intimately involved in and affected by them, using both established sources, like Ministry of Health records, an in-depth analysis of rarely studied records of professional bodies, and previously unresearched archive material. The result is a fascinating account of conflict and cooperation, and of heroic, and less-than-heroic, defiance of political authority, involving interactions between complex personalities and competing ideologies. Scholarly yet readable, this book will be of interest to the general reader as much as to medical practitioners and historians."
Beschreibung:	xii, 395 Seiten 24 cm
ISBN:	9781032572000 9781032572017