1st Edition

The Politics of Hospital Provision in Early Twentieth-Century Britain

By Barry M Doyle Copyright 2014
320 Pages
by Routledge

310 Pages
by Routledge

320 Pages
by Routledge

Doyle examines the role of local and national politics on hospitals. Ultimately, Doyle argues that social and economic diversity created a number of models for future health care which rested on a combination of voluntary and municipal provision.

Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Leeds and Sheffield: Economic, Social and Political Change; Chapter 2 Hospital Provision: Voluntary and Municipal; Chapter 3 Patients and Access; Chapter 4 Specialization and the Challenges of Modern Medicine; Chapter 5 Finance; Chapter 6 The Politics of Hospital Provision; Chapter 7 Co-operation, Competition and the Development of Hospital Systems; Conclusion;

Biography

Barry M. Doyle