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Health policy a critical perspective
- Author / Creator
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- Summary
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Providing a critical assessment of developments in health and health-care policy, this book is primarily focused on the UK covering issues such as the policy-making process, the development of the ...
Providing a critical assessment of developments in health and health-care policy, this book is primarily focused on the UK covering issues such as the policy-making process, the development of the National Health Service, health-care governance and health promotion.
Details
- Creator
- Iain Crinson
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; London : SAGE, c2009
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (viii, 218 p.) : ill
- ISBNs
- 1412922860, 144621379X, 9781446213797, 1412922879, 1282623648, 9786612623646, 0857026682, 9781412922876
- OCLC
- ocn638860782, ocn647074907, on1183835042
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-212) and index.
- English
- Pt. 1, Theory and context. Studying health policy ; The role of the state : theory and practice ; The policy-making process -- Pt. 2, 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? -- Pt. 3, 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 -- Pt. 4, Looking to the future. Health beyond policy