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The Citadel is a novel by A. J. Cronin, first published in 1937, which was groundbreaking in its treatment of the contentious subject of medical ethics.It has been credited with laying the foundation in Britain for the introduction of the NHS a decade later.
Richard Gordon (born Gordon Stanley Benton, 15 September 1921 – 11 August 2017, also known as Gordon Stanley Ostlere), [1] was an English ship's surgeon and anaesthetist.As Richard Gordon, Ostlere wrote numerous novels, screenplays for film and television and accounts of popular history, mostly dealing with the practice of medicine.
Archibald Joseph Cronin (19 July 1896 – 6 January 1981), known as A. J. Cronin, was a Scottish physician and novelist. [2] His best-known novel is The Citadel (1937), about a Scottish physician who serves in a Welsh mining village before achieving success in London, where he becomes disillusioned about the venality and incompetence of some doctors.
Whitaker writes a regular medical column, and periodic essays, for the UK current affairs weekly New Statesman. [4] He has published influential pieces in the British Medical Journal on the role of the GP and on the future of doctor-patient communication. He currently lives in Wiltshire. [2]
Henry Thompson, (1820–1904) indefatigable British polymath, scholar and novelist; Margaret Todd (c. 1859 – 1918) Scottish writer and doctor who wrote under the pen name Graham Travers and published several novels including Mona Maclean, Medical Student. John Todhunter (1839–1916) Irish poet and playwright
He proceeded to Trinity College, Cambridge, to study medicine and science (receiving his MA in March 1902 [1]), then went to Middlesex Hospital to finish his medical training. [2] During the First World War, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Deeping later gave up his job as a physician to become a full-time writer. [3]
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Mercurio's writing debut, Cardiac Arrest (1994–96), caused controversy due to its realistic depiction of hospital life. [18] [19] The series was twice nominated in the Best Original Drama category by the Writers' Guild of Great Britain [20] and topped a poll of UK medical professionals as the most realistic medical drama of all time. [21]