Extensively revised for its fourth edition, this book describes and analyses the organisation and politics of the NHS, and examines both in light of Labour government policy since 1997.
Health Policy in Britain: The Politics and Organisation of the National Health Service
Covers Britain's National Health Service: its policy and structure. 'Christopher Ham's book provides an historical and theoretical introduction to the making, implementation and evaluation of health policy in Britain. It...
The chapters on rationing, professionalism, politics of clinical knowledge and the politics of democracy and participation are particularly strong and will be invaluable to students of health policy, health studies and health service ...
Sir Frederick Menzies, the former chief medical officer of the LCC, supported Dawson's belief that priority should be accorded to the ... and a former medical school dean; and Sir Weldon Dalrymple-Champnys, deputy to Sir Wilson Jameson.
The second edition of this acclaimed book offers a critical analysis of the transition from institutional to community care for people with mental health problems.
This is a timely and authoritative textbook that covers a key topic of the curriculum while also contributing to topical debates.
First published 1984 by Pearson Education Limited. Second edition 1995 Fourth impression 1999 Published 2014 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX144RN 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 USA Routledge is an ...
This book represents the first comparative study of how health policy is made in leading industrial nations.
Freudenburg, W.R., Gramling, R. and Davidson, D.J. (2008) 'Scientific certainty argumentation methods (SCAMs): science and the politics of doubt', Sociological Inquiry, 78(1), 2-38. Fry, J. (1968) Profiles of disease, ...
This book will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners in healthcare, health and social policy, political science, and public management and governance.