Academic General Practice in the UK Medical Schools, 1948–2000

The first collective record of the evolution of general medical practice as an academic discipline over half a century This anthology captures the stories of the early struggles to set up university departments between visionary supporters and traditionalist blockers as well as the steadily increasing successes aided by a dedicated funding system. The accounts are written where possible by the people involved in the early developments of their subject. These tales are of vision, commitment and r