Julian Simpson

Migrant architects of the NHS

South Asian doctors and the reinvention of British general practice (1940s-1980s)

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Produktbeschreibung

Migrant Architects is the first book to assess the impact of the migration of doctors from the Indian subcontinent on postwar development of British general practice and by extension the ways in which they influenced the development of the NHS.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 557g
• ISBN-13: 9781784991302
• ISBN-10: 1784991309
• Artikelnr.: 48931492

Autorenporträt

Julian M. Simpson is an independent writer, researcher and translator

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: writing the history of the 'International' Health Service
Part I: Healthcare and migration in Britain during the post-war period 1.
The making of a cornerstone 2. Empire, migration and the NHS Part II: The
colonial legacy, racism and the staffing of surgeries 3. The empire of the
mind and medical migration 4. Discrimination and the development of general
practice 5. From 'pairs of hands' to family doctors Part III: Shaping
British medicine and British society 6. 'The more you did, the more they
depended on you': memories of practice on the periphery 7. Beyond the
surgery boundaries: doctors' organisations and activist medics 8. Adding to
the mosaic of British general practice Conclusion: Historicising a
'revolution' Bibliography Index