Almost a Legend - John Fry : Leading Reformer of General Practice.

  • Blythe, Max
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2007
  • Books
  • Online

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John Fry, 1922 -1994, made unparalleled contributions to the reformation of British general practice in the second half of the 20th Century. In the 1950s and 1960s he dominated the movement for evidence-based primary care and the operational intelligence of better practice management. He became the most prolific publisher of facts and figures in the history of general practice, the first systematic surveyor of the everyday diseases of a single practice, monitoring their natural histories and the effectiveness of treatments. This book portrays the journey that the young immigrant Polish boy, Jo.

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London : Royal Society of Medicine Press, 2007.

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1 online resource (273 pages)

Contents

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Prologue; 1 Polish beginnings, Jewish ancestry; 2 27 Selhurst Road: Changing horizons; 3 Rise and fall at Guy's; 4 Force of destiny; 5 Observations to steer by; 6 1952-64: From insignificance to icon; 7 1965: From icon to heretic; 8 1966-74: Career in transition; NHS reform; 9 1975-81: Belated honours; 10 1982-88: Slings and arrows years; 11 1989-94: Late summer too short; Notes and references; Appendix I Primary sources; Appendix II Committee service of John Fry: Royal College of General Practitioners; Appendix III John Fry: Bibliography.

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  • 9781853158551
  • 1853158550