Sigerist Society
The British Sigerist Society, named in honour of
Socialist Medical Association which was affiliated to the Labour Party.[1]
They discussed the relationship between science and social responsibility and the significance of social class. They advocated salaried and group practice for primary care.[2]
Archives of the society are preserved in the Wellcome Library and the Communist Party of Great Britain archive in the Manchester's People's History Museum.[3]
There is a separate Sigerist Circle of medical historians based in Baltimore.
References
- ^ "Sigerist Society". Wellcome Library. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ISBN 0520243161.
- ^ "Sigerist Society". Communist Party of Great Britain archive. Retrieved 22 October 2015.