Title GPs, Politics and Medical Professional Protest in Britain, 1880-1948

Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (409 p.) Series Routledge Studies in Modern British History Series Routledge Studies in Modern British History Series Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Culture and Ideology: The Gps' 'Articles of Faith' -- Historiographical Context and Use of Research -- Sources and Methodology -- GPs and The State -- 2 An Uncertain Profession: GPs' Struggle for Identity and Status in The Nineteenth Century -- Social Recognition, The Rise of Medical Science, and The Quest for Gentility -- Servants of the State? GPs and The Poor Law -- Professional Registration and The Rise of the Expert The Ideal of the Family Doctor -- Individualism, Collectivism, and Professionalisation -- Conclusion -- 3 Political Representation: The Fight for Autonomy and 'The Battle of the Clubs', 1880-1911 -- Contract Practice and The First Examples of Medical Combination -- The Rise of Medical Guilds and Associations -- The Growing Might of the Friendly Societies -- Medical Aid Institutes, The GMC, and Medical Trade Unionism -- The Manchester Conference, the BMA, and The Report on Contract Medical Practice -- Conclusion 4 'The Political Doctor is Now Born': Lloyd George and The Doctors' Revolt, 1911-1913 -- The Working Classes, The State, and The Provident Principle -- The Medical Reaction: Fear, Indignation, and Defiance -- The BMA and Professional Resistance -- The Polarisation of Medical Opinion and Collapse of Professional Unity -- Material Gain and Reputational Loss: The Immediate Impact of NHI on GPs -- Conclusion -- 5 Inauspicious Beginnings: Medical Trade Unionism, The Great War, and Early Attempts at 'Bargained Corporatism', 1913-1919 Before The War: Negotiating Machinery and The Mandate of the Conference of LMPCs -- The Profession and The War: Self-Government, Self-Sacrifice, and A System Under Strain -- After the War: The Demand for Recompense and Debates About Improvement and Expansion -- The BMA and Collective Bargaining: South Wales,Coventry and the Gps' War Bonus -- Conclusion -- 6 'Statutory Bodies with Martial Attitudes': The Role of Local Medical and Panel Committees, 1913-1948 -- State Agency, Representation, and Self-Regulation -- The Assertion of Professional Expertise and Autonomy Mediation and Self-Government: The Management of Complaints and Discipline -- Conclusion -- 7 'Black-Coated Bolshevists': The Ministry of Health, Political Brinkmanship, and The 'Ideologies of Class', 1919-1926 -- The Ministry, The IAC, and The 'Cantankerous Minority' -- Arbitration, Retrenchment, and The Renewed Threat of the Approved Societies -- The 'Ideologies of Class' and Renewed Attempts at Professional Consensus -- The Remuneration Crisis and The Threat of Mass Resignation -- Conclusion Summary 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 Notes Description based upon print version of record 8 The Consolidation of National Health Insurance: Administration, 'Red Tape', and The Economics of Contract Practice, 1926-1939 Subject Great Britain. Ministry of Health. SUBJECT Great Britain. Ministry of Health fast Subject Family medicine. Physicians (General practice) -- Political activity -- Great Britain Family medicine -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Family Practice Family medicine Great Britain Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781003800750 1003800750

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