1st Edition
Crisis in the Health Service The Politics of Management
158 Pages
by
Routledge
158 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1980, Crisis in the Health Service explores the problems of the National Health Service and discusses approaches to promote change. It examines strategies adopted since the service’s creation in 1948, finding them inadequate, particularly management structures organized as if the institution operates like a private firm. By analyzing management processes within health... Read more
Preface 1. The case for a local perspective on the National Health Service 2. Perspectives on the organisation and delivery of health care: 1948 to 1980 3. The power of the centre in the NHS: the reality 4. Inside health authorities 5. The members and senior managers of health authorities 6. Health authorities: the impact of medical staff 7. The NHS: the way forward
Biography
Stuart Haywood
Andy Alaszewski
