Health Policy: A Critical Perspective / Edition 1

Health Policy: A Critical Perspective / Edition 1

by Iain Crinson
ISBN-10:
1412922860
ISBN-13:
9781412922869
Pub. Date:
01/05/2009
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Health Policy: A Critical Perspective / Edition 1

Health Policy: A Critical Perspective / Edition 1

by Iain Crinson

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Overview

This book provides a critical assessment of developments in health and healthcare policy. Primarily focusing on the UK, the chapters cover issues such as the policy-making process; the development of the NHS; health care governance; health promotion; and the comparative analysis of health care systems within the EU and US. Each chapter brings together social and political themes to offers a unique combination of theory, historical detail, and wider social commentary.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781412922869
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication date: 01/05/2009
Pages: 232
Product dimensions: 6.80(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

PART ONE
Theory and Context
Studying Health Policy
The Role of the State
Theory and Practice
The Policy-Making Process
PART TWO
The Healthcare System
The Structure of Healthcare in the UK
Continuity and Change
The System of Healthcare Funding in the UK
A Comparative Analysis of European Healthcare Systems
Changing Demands, Common Solutions?
PART THREE
Issues in Healthcare Provision
Governing the Medical Profession
Managing the Performance of the NHS
A Patient-Led Health Service? Choice, Equity and the Supplier Market
Meeting Long-term Health and Social Care Needs in the Community
PART FOUR
Looking to the Future
Health Beyond Policy
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