Health care systems across the world are in a state of permanent
revolution as they struggle to cope with multiple pressures arising
from changing demography, new technologies, and limited resources.
Focusing on the British NHS, this book offers a fresh look at how
it has coped with such pressures over its 60 year history and
considers what the future holds. The book explores the complexity
of health policy and health services, offering a critical
perspective on their development. A number of tensions are evident
in contemporary health policy and the book is organised around a
selection of these, including: the funding of health systems and
the changing mix of public and private arrangements; the capture of
medicine by management; the imbalance between health and health
care; and the growing emphasis on markets and competition in health
care systems.The health debate offers a lively and accessible
reassessment of successive reforms of the NHS and their cyclical
nature. A unique feature of the book is its breadth and assembly in
one place of a range of interrelated, and largely unresolved,
policy puzzles. The book will appeal to all students of health care
and health policy, and to policy-makers and health care
professionals. "Policy and Politics in the Twenty-First Century" -
This exciting series offers a guide through some of today's most
hotly contested policy issues by distinguished leaders in the
field. Each book untangles current policy debates, looking behind
the rhetoric and spin to discover what is at the core of
contemporary political agendas. Authors present their own
perspectives and make recommendations for what could - or should -
be our priorities for future policy reform.
General
Imprint: |
Policy Press
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Policy and Politics in the Twenty-First Century |
Release date: |
September 2008 |
First published: |
September 2008 |
Authors: |
David J Hunter
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Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Book
|
Pages: |
240 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-86134-929-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Medicine >
General issues >
Health systems & services >
General
|
LSN: |
1-86134-929-7 |
Barcode: |
9781861349293 |
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