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Migrant architects of the NHS
South Asian doctors and the reinvention of British general practice (1940s-1980s)Social Histories of Medicine, Band 12
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25,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Manchester University Press |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 26.02.2018 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781526115799 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 312 |
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<p><i>Migrant Architects</i> draws on 45 oral history interviews and extensive archival research to offer a radical reappraisal of how the National Health Service was made. <br><br>It tells the story of migrant South Asian doctors who became general practitioners in the NHS. Imperial legacies, professional discrimination and an exodus of UK-trained doctors combined to direct these doctors towards work as GPs in some of the most deprived parts of the UK. In some areas, they made up over half of the general practitioner workforce. The NHS was structurally dependent on them and they shaped British society and medicine through their agency. <br><br>This book is aimed at students and academics with interests in the history of immigration, immigration studies, the history of medicine, South Asian studies and oral history. It will also be of interest to anyone who wants to know more about how Empire and migration have contributed to making Britain what it is today.</p>
<i>Migrant Architects </i>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.
<p>Introduction: Writing the history of the 'International' Health Service<br>Part I: Healthcare and migration in Britain during the post-war period<br>1. The making of a cornerstone<br>2.Empire, migration and the NHS<br>Part II: The colonial legacy, racism and the staffing of surgeries <br>3. The empire of the mind and medical migration<br>4. Discrimination and the development of general practice<br>5. From ‘pairs of hands’ to family doctors<br>Part III: Shaping British medicine and British society<br>6. ‘The more you did, the more they depended on you’: memories of practice on the periphery<br>7. Beyond the surgery boundaries: doctors’ organisations and activist medics<br>8. Adding to the mosaic of British general practice<br>Conclusion: Historicising a ‘revolution’ <br>Appendix: Methodological approach<br>Index</p>
Julian M. Simpson is an independent writer, researcher and translator
<p>The NHS is traditionally viewed as a typically British institutionp; a symbol of national identity. It has however always been dependent on a migrant workforce whose role has until recently received little attention from historians. <i>Migrant Architects</i> draws on 45 oral history interviews (40 with South Asian GPs who worked through this period) and extensive archival research to offer a radical reappraisal of how the National Health Service was made. <br><br>This book is the first history of the first generation of South Asian doctors who became GPs in the National Health Service. Their story is key to understanding the postwar history of British general practice and therefore the development of a British healthcare system where GPs play essential roles in controlling access to hospitals and providing care in community settings.<br><br>Imperial legacies, professional discrimination and an exodus of UK-trained doctors combined to direct migrant doctors towards work as GPs in some of the most deprived parts of the UK. In some areas they made up more than half of the GP workforce. This book documents the structural dependency of British general practice on South Asian doctors. It also focuses on the agency of migrant practitioners and their transformative roles in British society and medicine. <br><br><i>Migrant architects</i> is aimed at students and academics with interests in the history of immigration, immigration studies, the history of medicine, South Asian studies and oral history. It will also be of interest to anyone who wants to know more about how Empire and migration have contributed to making Britain what it is today.</p>
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