Rob Baggott

Health and Health Care in Britain

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Baggott covers all major aspects of contemporary health care in Britain, including recent trends in health services, the main problems and challenges facing the health care system today, and the responses of policy makers to these problems and challenges.

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This new edition of Baggott's engaging and clearly written text provides students with an up-to-date and concise introduction to all aspects of health care in Britain today. It has been extensively rewritten to take account of the many recent changes and developments in the NHS and in health policy. Including clear explanations of concepts like clinical governance and evidence-based health care, it also covers political changes such as the health policies of the Blair administration and the increasing diversity of the NHS as a result of devolution.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Education UK / Red Globe Press / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-333-96159-9
• 3. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 452
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. August 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 688g
• ISBN-13: 9780333961599
• ISBN-10: 0333961595
• Artikelnr.: 35663089

Autorenporträt

Rob Baggott is Professor of Public Policy and the co-founder and Director of the Health Policy Research Unit at De Montfort University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction.- Health and Illness.- Medicine and the Medical Profession.- Critical Perspectives on Health Care.- The Evolution of the British Health Care System.- Health Policy From Thatcher to Blair.- Health Care Funding and Independent Sector Provision.- Health Care Policy and Planning, and Management.- Access to Health Care.- Managing Quality and Standards.- Primary Health Care.- Health and Social Care.- Patient and Public Involvement.- Public Health.- Conclusion.