Health policy
Subtitle: a critical perspective
By: Iain Crinson
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Los Angeles; London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780857026682; 9781412922869; 9781412922876
Subjects: State Medicine; HEALTH & FITNESS; Health Care Issues; MEDICAL; Delivery of Health Care; Organization & administration; General; National health services; Health Policy; Health Care Delivery; Medical policy; Public Health; Diseases
Description: Providing a critical assessment of developments in health and health-care policy, this book is primarily focused on the UK, covering issues such as the policy-making process, the development of the National Health Service, health-care governance and health promotion.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-212) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1, Theory and context. Studying health policy ; The role of the state : theory and practice ; The policy-making process; title: pt. 2, The healthcare system. The structure of healthcare in the UK : continuity and change ; The system of healthcare funding in the UK ; A comparative analysis of European healthcare systems : changing demands, common solutions?; title: pt. 3, Issues in healthcare provision. Governing the medical profession ; Managing the performance of the NHS ; A patient-led health service? Choice, equity and the supplier market ; Meeting long-term health and social care needs in the community; title: pt. 4, Looking to the future. Health beyond policy.