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Imprint:Houndmills [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Description:xv, 310 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5668904
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Other authors / contributors:Dawson, Sandra.
Sausman, Charlotte, 1970-
ISBN:1403917523 (cloth)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Standard no.:9781403917522
Table of Contents:
  • List of Tables
  • List of Figures
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • The Authors: Contact Details
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. Systems and Complexity
  • 1. The Shape of UK Health Systems
  • 2. Systems for Health or Healthcare Systems?
  • 3. The State of the Healthcare System in England
  • 4. Health Policy Futures and Cost Scenarios for England 2003-2023
  • 5. Why do Good Politics make Bad Health Policy?
  • Part 2. Policies and Strategies
  • 6. Strategy in the NHS: Science or Sixth Sense?
  • 7. Ethics and Policy in Healthcare: Status and Prognosis
  • 8. Making Healthcare Sustainable: A Case Study of the NHS
  • 9. Meeting the Emotional Challenge in Organising Health for the Future
  • Part 3. People and Knowledge
  • 10. The Role of the Patient in Healthcare Reform: Customer, Consumer or Creator?
  • 11. The Social Epidemiology of Information Technologies
  • 12. Harnessing Innovation in Health IT: Effective Support and Evaluated Visions
  • 13. Public Perceptions, Ambivalence and the Endogenous Regulation of Biotechnology in the UK
  • Conclusion
  • Index