David Morris: Balint Paediatric Seminars

Transcripts of discussions between paediatricians and psychoanalysts from various London hospitals, 1975-1977, with memorabilia of David Morris, FRCP (1915-1989).

1970s

2 boxes

The 'Balint Group' whose meetings these transcripts record were set up in 1975 by David Morris, then Consultant Paediatrician at the Woolwich Memorial Hospital, and Hamish Cameron, psychoanalyst and child psychiatrist at St George's Hospital, London, Cameron having participated in a group run by Enid Balint at University College Hospital. Other participants included Mike Robinson, Senior (Paediatric) Registrar at St Thomas's, Harvey Marcovitch, Senior Registrar at Northwick Park, Peter Malleson, Registrar at Charing Cross, Gary Katz, Consultant Paediatrician at Edgware and Barnet General Hospital, and Jake Mackinnon, Paediatric Registrar at Great Ormond Street. The meetings were along the same lines as Michael and Enid Balint's work with general practitioners, discussions enabling the participants to share experiences of dealing with patients and their relatives, which no doubt influenced Morris in his work on bereavement. Discussions were recorded, and transcripts prepared by a secretary. Some of the transcripts here (Section A) are original typescript, others photocopies. A few of the transcripts appear to be missing.

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