Sigerist Society

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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

  1. ^ "Sigerist Society". Wellcome Library. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
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  3. ^ "Sigerist Society". Communist Party of Great Britain archive. Retrieved 22 October 2015.