Academic General Practice in the UK Medical Schools, 1948-2000: A Short History

Academic General Practice in the UK Medical Schools, 1948-2000: A Short History
ISBN-10
0748643745
ISBN-13
9780748643745
Category
Medical
Pages
168
Language
English
Published
2011-05-16
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Author
John Howie

Description

The first collective record of the evolution of general medical practice as an academic discipline over half a century. This anthology captures the stories of the early struggles to set up university departments between visionary supporters and traditionalist blockers as well as the steadily increasing successes aided by a dedicated funding system. The accounts are written where possible by the people involved in the early developments of their subject. These tales are of vision, commitment and resilience and are interesting both in their own right and for the more general lessons they tell us about the processes of creating institutional change within a modern democracy.

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