Chris Locke

GPs, Politics and Medical Professional Protest in Britain, 1880-1948 (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781003800750
• Artikelnr.: 69006941

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. An Uncertain Profession: GPs' Struggle for Identity and Status in the Nineteenth Century 3. Professional Representation: 'The Battle of the Clubs' and the Fight for Autonomy
1880-1911 4. 'The Political Doctor is Now Born': Lloyd George and the Doctors' Revolt
1911-1913 5. Inauspicious Beginnings: Medical Trade Unionism
the Great War
and Early Attempts at Bargained Corporatism
1913-1919 6. 'Statutory Bodies with Martial Attitudes': Local Medical and Panel Committees
1913-1939 7. 'Black-coated Bolshevists': The Ministry of Health
Political Brinkmanship and the 'Ideologies of Class'
1919-1926 8. The Consolidation of National Health Insurance: Administration
'Red Tape'
and the Economics of Contract Practice
1926-1939 9. Parallel Developments: GPs and the 'Mixed Economy of Care'
1914-1948 10. Utopian Visions: Interwar Debates about the Future of Health Services
1920-1939 11. For Victory and Health: The Second World War
the Beveridge Report
and the Coming of the NHS
1939-1945 12. Facing the Future? Bevan
the BMA and the Ghost of Conflicts Past
1945-1948 Conclusion: Assessing GPs' Political Activities and their Context Epilogue: The Legacy of Medical Professional Protest