This is a major new study of the formative period in the development of modern general practice in the UK. Drawing upon an impressive range of hitherto unused archival material, Professor Digby analyses the important changes and developments in primary health care in the century before the creation of the National Health Service in 1948.

This is a major study of the formative period in the development of modern general practice in the UK. Drawing upon an impressive range of hitherto unused archival material, Professor Anne Digby analyzes the important changes and developments in primary health care in the century before the creation of the National Health Service in 1948.

This authoritative and comprehensive history of British general practice in the century leading up to the introduction of the National Health Service in 1984... a scholarly account brought to life by the personalised references so that this becomes a most readable and entertaining book... a fascinating an most readable book for anyone interested in the unfolding story of British general practice.