The political economy of health care
Subtitle: where the NHS came from and where it could lead
By: Julian Tudor Hart
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Health & society series; Health & society series
Publisher: Policy Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Bristol, UK; Portland, OR
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9781847428998; 9781847427830; 9781847427823
Subjects: State Medicine; HEALTH & FITNESS; Health Care Issues; MEDICAL; Economics; Medical economics; General; National health services; Health Policy; Great Britain. National Health Service; Health Care Delivery; Great Britain; Public Health; Diseases
Description: Drawing on clinical experience dating from the birth of the NHS in 1948, Julian Tudor Hart, a politically active GP in a Welsh coal mining community, charts the progress of the NHS from its 19th century origins in workers' mutual aid societies, to its current forced return to the market. His starting point is a detailed analysis of how clinical decisions are made. He explores the changing social relationships in the NHS as a gift economy, how these may be affected by reducing care to commodity status, and the new directions they might take if the NHS resumed progress independently from the market.
Notes: Previous ed.: 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.