Healthcare in the UK : understanding continuity and change

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This book contends that attempts to reform the NHS can only be understood by reference to both the wider social and political contexts, and to the organisational and ideational legacies present within the NHS itself. It aims to take students beyond a basic understanding of the historical development...

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Main Author: Greener, Ian (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol : Policy Press, 2009
Subjects:
Great Britain. > National Health Service.
Medical policy > Great Britain.
Health care reform > Great Britain.
Health Care Reform > history
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
State Medicine > history
United Kingdom
Electronic books.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Healthcare in the UK; Contents; List of tables and boxes; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The creation of the NHS and its relevance for today; 3. The tripartite split; 4. The double-bed; 5. Funding the NHS; 6. Managing in the NHS; 7. Nursing; 8. The role of the public inhealth policy; 9. Health policy under Labour; 10. Conclusion; References; Index.

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