Health service policy and health policy have changed
considerably over the past fifteen years and there is a pressing
need for an up-to-date sociological analysis of health policy. Not
only have policies themselves changed but new policy themes ? such
as evidence-based policy and practice, an increasing focus on a
primary care led health service, a growing recognition of the need
to address inequalities through public health policies and a focus
on the views and the voice of the user and the public? have emerged
alongside some of the old.
Following up the very successful The Sociology of the Health
Service, this all-new volume covers a broad range of key
contemporary health services issues. It includes chapters on
consumerism, technology, evidence-based practice, public health,
managerialism and social care among others, and incorporates
references to new developments, such as regulation and
incentivization, throughout.
The New Sociology of the Health Service provides a vital new
sociological framework for analyzing health policy and healthcare.
It is an important read for all students and researchers of medical
sociology and health policy.
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