Beyond Reason?

Part 1 Introduction and context: introduction - reason, rationality and the NHS, John Leopold, Ian Glover and Michael Hughes; in search of health and efficiency - the NHS 1948-94, Michael Kelly and Ian Glover. Part 2 Commodification: human resource managers as professionals in managing change in NHS trusts, Colin Bryson, Michael Jackson and John Leopold; a management role for the general practitioner?, Sheila Greenfield and Amanda Nayak; "practices" and market-control - work experiences of doctors, scientists and engineers, Terry McNulty, Richard Whittington and Richard Whipp. Part 3 Differentiation: the crucial role of professional status in promoting change - the development of services for HIV/AIDS, Chris Bennett; contracts, resources and resistance to change - power and professional relations in the London teaching hospital, Ian Tilley; in or out of management? Dilemmas and developments in public health medicine in England, Sandra Dawson, Jim Sherval and Veronica Mole; doctors in management - a challenge to established debates, Sue Dopson; clinical management - the impact of a changing context on a changing profession, Louise FitzGerald. Part 4 Rationalization: the role of clinicians in the management of the NHS, Lynn Ashburner; professions and management in the public sector - the experience of local government and the NHS in Britain, James Harrison and Sandra Nutley. Part 5 Conclusion: the future - realism and diversity?, Ian Glover and John Leopold.