Christopher Ham

Health Policy in Britain (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Systematically updated throughout, the 6th edition of this leading text takes the story of health policy to the end of the Blair era and into the early years of the Brown premiership. It offers a clear and thorough introduction to the history of the NHS, its funding and priorities, and to the process of policy making.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137013972
• Artikelnr.: 62860675

Autorenporträt

CHRISTOPHER HAM is Professor of Health Policy and Management at the University of Birmingham, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

The Development of Health Services and Health Policy.- Health Policy under Thatcher and Major.- Health Policy under Blair and Brown.- Financing Health Services and the Rediscovery of Public Health.- Policy and Priorities in the NHS.- Policy-making in Westminster and Whitehall.- Policy-making in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.- Policy-making in the Department of Health.- Implementing Health Policy.- Auditing and Evaluating Health Policy and the NHS.- Power in Health Services.- Looking Back and Looking Ahead.- Conclusion.

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Lists of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgements
Preface to the Fourth Edition
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. The Development of Health Services and Health Policy
2. Health Policy under Thatcher and Major
3. New Labour and the NHS
4. Contemporary Issues in Health Policy
5. The Policy-making Process in Central Government
6. Making and Changing Health Policy
7. Implementing Health Policy
8. Monitoring and Evaluating Health Policy
9. Power in Health Services
Guide to Further Reading
Bibliography
Index