title: Collings report on general practice in England in 1950: unrecognised, pioneering piece of British social research?
abstract: Collings's grim description of postwar general practice in England and his sombre analysis of its prospects created an immediate sensation. In addition to its value as a historical document, the report is also regarded as a turning point in the postwar history of British general practice. The study is also interesting for another reason, which has not been acknowledged: Collings merits recognition as a pioneer of ethnographic research at a time when it was largely unknown elsewhere in British social research.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Practice, Medical School, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Petchey
mesh_terms: D005194:Family Practice / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D011643:Publishing / Q000266:history; D012924:Social Conditions / Q000266:history*; D006113:United Kingdom