200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

The health care system in Britain at the beginning of the twenty-first century is being subjected to radical rethinking. Health Policy examines how the NHS has developed to the point it has reached today as well as placing it in the wider context of the kinds of health care which are available to people in Britain. It looks at key issues which have arisen in the provision of health care such as... Read more
Acknowledgements Foreword Part One: Background 1. Preparing the Ground 2. Change and Development The Health Care Arena Part Two: The Issues 4. Resources, Rationing and Morality 5. Interest Groups in Health Care 6. Managerialism, Cultures and Control 7. Inequality in Health and Care Part Three: The Future - New Possibilities 8. The Mixed Economy of Health 9. Realigning the System: Towards a Primary Care Led NHS 10.Promoting Health and Preventing Illness 11. The NHS - Fit for the Future? Glossary List

Biography

Barry Owen and Ann Wall