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Author Simpson, Julian M., author

Title Migrant architects of the NHS : South Asian doctors and the reinvention of British general practice (1940s-1980s) / Julian Simpson
Published Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018
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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Series Social histories of medicine
Social histories of medicine.
Contents Intro; Front matter; Cover; Half Title; Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of tables and figures; Preface and acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Part I Healthcare and migration in Britain during the post-war period; The making of a cornerstone; Empire, migration and the NHS; Part II The colonial legacy, racism and the staffing of surgeries; The empire of the mind and medical migration; Discrimination and the development of general practice; From 'pairs of hands' to family doctors; Part III Shaping British medicine and British society
'The more you did, the more they depended on you': memories of practice on the peripheryBeyond the surgery boundaries: doctors' organisations and activist medics; Adding to the mosaic of British general practice; Conclusion: historicising a 'revolution'; Bibliography; Primary sources; Oral history interviews conducted by author, in order of first interview; Archives; Personal collections; Journals, newspapers, newsletters and magazines; Memoirs and accounts of doctors' lives; Official publications; Hansard; Films and documentaries; Websites; Secondary sources; Index
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 27, 2020)
Subject Great Britain. National Health Service -- Officials and employees
SUBJECT Great Britain. National Health Service fast
Subject Physicians -- Great Britain
Minorities in medicine -- Great Britain
South Asians -- Great Britain.
Physicians (General practice) -- Great Britain
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference.
MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Atlases.
MEDICAL -- Essays.
MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Osteopathy.
MEDICAL -- History.
Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
Employees
Minorities in medicine
Physicians
Physicians (General practice)
South Asians
SUBJECT South Asia -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
Subject Great Britain
South Asia
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781526115799
1526115794
9781526115782
1526115786
Other Titles Migrant architects of the National Health Service