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Practising Colonial Medicine : The Colonial Medical Service in British East Africa.

By: Crozier, Anna.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited, 2007Copyright date: �2007Description: 1 online resource (240 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780857715890.Subject(s): Delivery of health care -- History -- Africa, Eastern | Delivery of health care -- organization & administration -- Africa, Eastern | Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa, East -- Administration | Great Britain. Colonial medical service | Health services administration -- Africa, East -- History | Medical care -- Africa, East -- History | Physicians -- History -- Africa, EasternGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 362.109676 Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Explanatory Notes -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Recruitment into the Colonial Medical Service -- 3. Subjective Selection and Recruitment Trends -- 4. Identity and Experience I: Practical Reasons for Being a Doctor in East Africa -- 5. Identity and Experience II: Ideological Reasons for being a Doctor in East Africa -- 6. The Organisation of the Colonial Medical Service in East Africa -- 7. Experiences in the Field -- 8. Medical Recruitment and the Ideals of Empire -- 9. Colonial Medical Communities -- 10. Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Heads of the Medical Department -- Appendix 2: Alphabetical List of Medical Officers with Service Dates -- Appendix 3: Obituary and Bibliographical Entry Index -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: The role of the Colonial Medical Service - the organisation responsible for healthcare in British overseas territories - goes to the heart of the British Colonial project. Practising Colonial Medicine is a unique study based on original sources and research into the work of doctors who served in East Africa. It shows the formulation of a distinct colonial identity based on factors of race, class, background, training and Colonial Service traditions, buttressed by professional skills and practice. Anna Crozier analyses all aspects of recruitment, qualifications, training as well as the vital personal factors that shaped the Service's character - religion, a sense of adventure, professional interest, ideas of imperial service, family traditions, professional ties, perceptions of service to humanity and the building up of a common service mentality among colonial medical staff. This is the first comprehensive history of the Colonial Medical Service and makes an important contribution to our understanding of the social and cultural aspects of medical history.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Explanatory Notes -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Recruitment into the Colonial Medical Service -- 3. Subjective Selection and Recruitment Trends -- 4. Identity and Experience I: Practical Reasons for Being a Doctor in East Africa -- 5. Identity and Experience II: Ideological Reasons for being a Doctor in East Africa -- 6. The Organisation of the Colonial Medical Service in East Africa -- 7. Experiences in the Field -- 8. Medical Recruitment and the Ideals of Empire -- 9. Colonial Medical Communities -- 10. Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Heads of the Medical Department -- Appendix 2: Alphabetical List of Medical Officers with Service Dates -- Appendix 3: Obituary and Bibliographical Entry Index -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

The role of the Colonial Medical Service - the organisation responsible for healthcare in British overseas territories - goes to the heart of the British Colonial project. Practising Colonial Medicine is a unique study based on original sources and research into the work of doctors who served in East Africa. It shows the formulation of a distinct colonial identity based on factors of race, class, background, training and Colonial Service traditions, buttressed by professional skills and practice. Anna Crozier analyses all aspects of recruitment, qualifications, training as well as the vital personal factors that shaped the Service's character - religion, a sense of adventure, professional interest, ideas of imperial service, family traditions, professional ties, perceptions of service to humanity and the building up of a common service mentality among colonial medical staff. This is the first comprehensive history of the Colonial Medical Service and makes an important contribution to our understanding of the social and cultural aspects of medical history.

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