The NHS - Beginning, Middle and End?: The Autobiography of Dr John Marks
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- CHAPTER 1 1925-1943 My childhood and life as an evacuee -- CHAPTER 2 University and the army -- CHAPTER 3 From lorry driver to principal in general practice -- CHAPTER 4 My involvement in abortion law reform -- CHAPTER 5 I get further involved in medical politics -- CHAPTER 6 I get started in medical politics at the national level -- CHAPTER 7 A Royal College, an academic approach and a doctorate -- CHAPTER 8 Early attempts at NHS reform and heart transplants -- CHAPTER 9 An outdated constitution and Sir Paul Chambers' report -- CHAPTER 10 I become involved in national negotiations -- CHAPTER 11 I appear before a disciplinary body and I lose some friends -- CHAPTER 12 I represent the profession at home and abroad -- CHAPTER 13 AIDS and the BMA -- CHAPTER 14 A Royal sesquicentennial year -- CHAPTER 15 International problems and political speculation -- CHAPTER 16 Two crises and one election -- CHAPTER 17 Princess Diana opens the library and I have a rough ARM -- CHAPTER 18 The approaching storm -- CHAPTER 19 A storm breaks: The White Paper -- CHAPTER 20 The profession rejects the Reforms -- CHAPTER 21 The campaign continues -- CHAPTER 22 The Bill and reactions to it -- CHAPTER 23 The campaign continues: mysterious faxes and the Oxford debate -- CHAPTER 24 My last few months in the chair -- CHAPTER 25 I am a past Chairman -- CHAPTER 26 A variety of activities including boxing and lecturing and a disputed SRM -- CHAPTER 27 Doctors in the Dock -- CHAPTER 28 A quiet retirement, a general election and a question mark -- Index