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. 1967 May;60(5):483–487. doi: 10.1177/003591576706000517

The Dawn of State Medicine in Britain

R M S McConaghey
PMCID: PMC1901809  PMID: 5337476

Abstract

Dr R M S McConaghey traces the development of State control in the provision of medical services and also describes the rise in status of the general practitioner, from the early apothecary-surgeons.

Mr Paul Vaughan describes the history of the British Medical Association and its development from the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association, founded by Sir Charles Hastings. He considers the relationship between the BMA and the Government, both in the past and present.

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