Health Policy in Britain
The Politics and Organization of the National Health Service
2nd Edition
Published on 1. November 2024
224 pages
978-1-040-28875-7 (ISBN)
Description
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 has been completely revised throughout for this third edition with new chapters added on the current health service reforms and key issues for the future of health policy setting the British situation in an international context. 'It is hard to find a better basic textbook about health policy in Britain for students with little existing knowledge. However, it can also be highly recommended for readers who work in the NHS, but want to make more sense of the often confusing web of policies and imperatives. This book manages to synthesise a mass of material in a readable form, and enlightens as well as informs.' Public Health.
More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-040-28875-7 (9781040288757)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Christopher Ham
Health Policy in Britain
The Politics and Organization of the National Health Service
Book
06/1992
2nd Edition
Palgrave Macmillan
€107.87
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Person
Christopher Ham, School for Advanced Urban Studies, University of Bristol.
Content
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
