Primary Care in the UK
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: November 27, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780333800683
Subjects: Health systems & services; Personal & public health; British Isles; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Medical
Description: Describes the substantial changes that have taken place in the delivery of health care services since the 1980s, and the current context of UK primary care; its management, organisation and policy. Analysing contemporary issues such as: incorporation and fragmentation; inter-professional working; patient involvement; the medicalisation of society; public health; and future directions for primary care.