Health and Society
Subtitle: Key Debates in Health Care
Publisher: McGraw-Hill International (UK) Ltd
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Maidenhead
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9780335240548
Subjects: Health; Social sciences
Description: Key Debates in Healthcare explores the answers to these and many more topical questions in healthcare. The book considers eight main debates in healthcare, ranging from the role of the state in the provision of health care to the rights of patients, and the responsibilities each of us have for our own health.
Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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Table of contents: title: Front cover; Half title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Health and health policy; Part 1 The Politics Of Provision; 2 The state; 3 The private sector; 4 The voluntary sector; Part 2 Setting Priorities; 5 Health inequalities; 6 Health promotion; 7 Rationing; Part 3 Patients And Health Professionals; 8 Patients' rights; 9 Professionalism; 10 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; Back cover.