General Practice under the National Health Service 1948-1997 [Hardcover]

This is the first comprehensive history of general practice under the National Health Service. It maps the changes which have occurred since its early and unhappy state in 1948, through the extraordinary renaissance that began in the 1960s, to the radical changes which have occurred since 1990

Preface
List of Contributors
Chronology
Introduction and Overview
1. The Politics of General Practice
2. The Practice
3. What is Wrong and How We Know : Changing Concepts of Illness in General Practice
4. Some Aspects of Clinical Care in General Practice
5. General Practitioners and the Other Caring Professions
6. Research in General Practice: Perspective and Themes
7. Undergraduate Medical Education and General Practice
8. Vocational Training and Continuing Education
9. The General Practitioner and Professional Organizations
10. The General Practitioner and the Public
11. Developments in Other Countries
12. Conclusion
Appendices
Index

This volume consists of a series of essays written by academics, former GPs and those who have pioneered their training. It contains a blend of authoritative expertise that permits the writing of contemporary history-at its best. --Albion