In 1968, the coup de blues of general practitioners

In the fall of 1968, general practitioners began a standoff with Social Security and the government to obtain an increase in their fees.

More deeply, the profession was at the time jostled by sociological and cultural upheavals, urbanization and the reversal of the relationship between caregiver and patient.

A new generation of doctors demanded free time and no longer wanted to practice in the countryside because the status of provincial notable, which until then had been fair compensation for the sacrifice, no longer seemed to them as desirable.

While the news highlights these days the claims of liberal doctors,

invites you to take a step back and read an investigation, unearthed from its archives, on "these doctors who dispute".

It is led by Max Olivier-Lacamp, great reporter and 1958 Albert-Londres prize.

Article published in Le Figaro of October 23, 1968

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