Pamela Michael is a Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences, University of Wales Bangor. Professor Charles Webster was formally a Senior Research Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.

An excellent synopsis of the recent history of medicine in Wales. Charles Webster gives a detailed and fascinating account of the tortuous way in which a measure of devolution was achieved in the 1960's. This book is both varied and stimulating and it deserves to have a wide readership. It also gives us an indication of the many gaps in our knowledge which need to be filled.