Christopher Lawrence's critical overview of medicine's place in the development of modern Britain examines the significance of the clinical encounter in contemporary society. * first short synoptic study of its kind * breaks new ground by bringing together specialised scholarship into a broad argument * shows how the medical profession created a very specific role for itself * relates medicine to general social policy

Christopher Lawrence

Introduction; Chapter 1 The Enlightenment; Chapter 2 The age of reform; Chapter 3 Modernity; Conclusion and the beginning;