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Tables of Contents for The Evolution of British General Practice 1850-1948
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Illustrations, Maps, and Figures
xi
List of Tables
xiii
List of Abbreviations
xiv
Constructing General Practice
1
22
Rationale
2
2
Approach
4
4
An Evolutionary Framework
8
15
Part I: Careers
Professional Challenge
23
17
Overcrowded Professions
23
9
Competition
32
6
Registration and Regulation
38
2
Recruitment, Education, and Training
40
26
Apprentices, Pupils, and Unqualified Assistants
43
5
Recruitment, Numbers, and Provision
48
5
An Evolving Education
53
6
From Medical School to Later Practice
59
7
Reinventing Roles
66
27
Practices
67
11
Appointments
78
4
Emigration and Immigration
82
4
War and Peace
86
7
Part II: In Practice
The Medical Market
93
33
Medicine as Business
93
7
Sources of Income
100
6
Expenditure
106
4
Income and Capital
110
5
Contrasting Practices
115
11
Organizing a Practice
126
28
Assistants
127
3
Partners
130
6
A Cottage Industry
136
3
Accommodation
139
5
Technology
144
10
Women Practitioners
154
33
Access and Training
154
8
Careers
162
7
Income
169
3
Medical Women
172
4
Public Roles
176
5
Public and Private Faces
181
6
Medical Investigation and Treatment
187
37
Diagnosis and Prognosis
188
5
Treatment
193
7
Obstetrics
200
8
Variety in Practice
208
7
Investigation and Research
215
9
Patients
224
35
Choice
224
8
Encounters
232
9
Cost
241
6
Gatekeeping
247
12
Part III: A Wider World
Public Duties and Private Lives
259
28
Community Niches
261
14
Public/Private Lives
275
4
Sickness, Retirement, Death
279
8
Generalists, Specialists, and Others
287
19
Generalists and Specialists
289
5
GPs and Consultants
294
4
Towards the Professional Margin
298
8
National Health Insurance
306
19
The Transition to NHI
307
4
Panel Doctors and Patients
311
7
Standards
318
7
The National Health Service
325
18
Professional Involvement in Change
326
6
The NHS and its Reception
332
11
Select Bibliography
343
22
Index of Medical Names
365
4
General Index
369