The Transformation of the Psyche in British Primary Care, 1870-1970 (Paperback)

Conflicting models of selfhood have become central to debates over modern medicine. Yet we still lack a clear historical account of how this psychological sensibility came to be established. The Transformation of the Psyche in British Primary Care, 1880-1970 will remedy this situation by demonstrating that there is nothing inevitable about the current connection between health, identity and personal history. It traces the changing conception of the psyche in Britain over the last two centuries and it demonstrates how these changes were rooted in transformed patterns of medical care. The shifts from private medicine through to National Insurance and the National Health Service fostered different kinds of relationship between doctor and patient and different understandings of psychological distress. The Transformation of the Psyche in British Primary Care, 1880-1970 examines these transformations and, in so doing, provides new critical insights into our modern sense of identity and changing notions of health that will be of great value to anyone interested in the modern history of British medicine.

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Academic
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2015
Authors:	Rhodri Hayward
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-1-4742-4793-1
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > General practice
LSN:	1-4742-4793-8
Barcode:	9781474247931

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