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Health policy : a critical perspective / Iain Crinson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Los Angeles : SAGE, 2009Description: viii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1412922860
  • 9781412922869
  • 1412922879
  • 9781412922876
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.10941 22
LOC classification:
  • RA395.G7 H43 2009
Contents:
Part One -- Theory and Context -- Studying Health Policy -- The Role of the State -- Theory and Practice -- The Policy-Making Process -- Part Two -- 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? -- Part Three -- 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 -- Part Four -- Looking to the Future -- Health Beyond Policy.
Summary: "This book provides a critical assessment of developments in health and healthcare policy. Primarily focusing on the UK, the chapters cover issues such as the policy-making process; the development of the NHS; health care governance; health promotion; and the comparative analysis of health care systems within the EU and US. Each chapter brings together social and political themes to offers a unique combination of theory, historical detail, and wider social commentary. Case studies illustrate how policy has evolved and developed in recent years, and the implications these changes have for practice. Written in an accessible style the chapters highlight key concepts and also include comprehensive introductions and summaries. Each chapter will include case studies to illustrate the planning, implementation, and assessment of specific policies. This is a timely and authoritative textbook that covers a key topic of the curriculum whilst also contributing to topical debates. The book will be essential reading for health and nursing students taking modules in health policy, and will also be of interest to policy makers and practitioners in the field of healthcare."--Publisher's website.
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Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 362.10941 CRI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A378536B

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-212) and index.

Part One -- Theory and Context -- Studying Health Policy -- The Role of the State -- Theory and Practice -- The Policy-Making Process -- Part Two -- 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? -- Part Three -- 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 -- Part Four -- Looking to the Future -- Health Beyond Policy.

"This book provides a critical assessment of developments in health and healthcare policy. Primarily focusing on the UK, the chapters cover issues such as the policy-making process; the development of the NHS; health care governance; health promotion; and the comparative analysis of health care systems within the EU and US. Each chapter brings together social and political themes to offers a unique combination of theory, historical detail, and wider social commentary. Case studies illustrate how policy has evolved and developed in recent years, and the implications these changes have for practice. Written in an accessible style the chapters highlight key concepts and also include comprehensive introductions and summaries. Each chapter will include case studies to illustrate the planning, implementation, and assessment of specific policies. This is a timely and authoritative textbook that covers a key topic of the curriculum whilst also contributing to topical debates. The book will be essential reading for health and nursing students taking modules in health policy, and will also be of interest to policy makers and practitioners in the field of healthcare."--Publisher's website.

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