Introduction -- Recruitment into the Colonial Medical Service -- Subjective selection and recruitment trends -- Identity and experience I: practical reasons for being a doctor in East Africa -- Identity and experience II: ideological reasons for being a doctor in East Africa -- The organisation of the Colonial Medical Service in East Africa -- Medical recruitment and the ideals of empire -- Colonial medical communities -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Heads of the medical departments -- Appendix 2. Alphabetical list of medical officers with service dates -- Appendix 3. Obituary and biographical entry index
Summary
The role of the Colonial Medical Service - the organisation responsible for healthcare in British overseas territories - goes to the heart of the British Colonial project. "Practising Colonial Medicine" is a unique study based on original sources and research into the work of doctors who served in East Africa. It shows the formulation of a distinct colonial identity based on factors of race, class, background, training and Colonial Service traditions, buttressed by professional skills and practice. Anna Crozier analyses all aspects of recruitment, qualifications, training as well as
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-218) and index
