Iain Crinson

Health Policy (eBook, PDF)

A Critical Perspective

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This textbook provides a critical assessment of developments in health and healthcare policy within the UK and Europe. Each chapter integrates conceptual themes drawn from the fields of sociology and political science to offer a unique combination of theory, historical detail and wider social commentary.

The book is divided into four sections:

-Section One establishes a theoretical basis for the analysis of contemporary health policy.

-Section Two examines the key constituents of health care 'systems', which includes a comparative analysis of EU member states.

-Section Three focuses on contemporary health care policy and provision in the UK.

-Section Four assesses the increasingly limited ability of national governments to reduce threats to the health of their populations.

Written in an accessible style, the student-friendly approach highlights key concepts and includes introductions, summaries and examples of further reading. Each chapter also includes case studies and activities which encourage the reader to think about the planning, implementation and assessment of specific healthcare policies.

This is a timely and authoritative textbook that covers a key topic of the curriculum while also contributing to topical debates. The book will be essential reading for healthcare and social science students taking modules in health policy, and will also be of interest to policy makers and practitioners in the field of healthcare.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857026682
• Artikelnr.: 38397027

Autorenporträt

Iain Crinson has been teaching, researching, and publishing in the field of the sociology of health and health policy for over three decades. For much of this time, he has been based at St Georges, University of London.

Inhaltsangabe

PART ONE
Theory and Context
Studying Health Policy
The Role of the State
Theory and Practice
The Policy-Making Process
PART TWO
The Healthcare System
The Structure of Healthcare in the UK
Continuity and Change
The System of Healthcare Funding in the UK
A Comparative Analysis of European Healthcare Systems
Changing Demands, Common Solutions?
PART THREE
Issues in Healthcare Provision
Governing the Medical Profession
Managing the Performance of the NHS
A Patient-Led Health Service? Choice, Equity and the Supplier Market
Meeting Long-term Health and Social Care Needs in the Community
PART FOUR
Looking to the Future
Health Beyond Policy

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0.General Introduction. Section One.Conceptualising and Contextualising
Health Policy. 1.Globalisation and the Changing Role of the State. 2.The
Process of Public Policy-Making. 3.The Governance of Health Care Systems. 4
.Financing and Funding of Health Care Systems. Section Two.Conceiving &
Comparing Health Care Systems. 5.Comparing Health Systems Outcomes. 6.Ghana
and Kenya: A Comparative Analysis of Health Systems in Low Income
Developing Countries. 7.Germany and the U.K: A Comparative Analysis of
Health Systems in High Income Countries. Section Three.Future Challenges
for Health Policy and Health Systems. 8.The Challenge of Integrating Health
and Long-Term Care Provision. 9.The Challenge of Widening the Scope of
Public Health Policy. 10.The Challenge of Constructing a Pharmaceutical
Policy. 11.Conclusion: Brief Reflections on the Study of Health Policy.

Rezensionen

"Unquestionably, the author is well acquainted with contemporary health policy...This well-ordered, relatively concise and timely textbook will find a home on the shelves of healthcare and social science students taking modules in health policy, their teachers, as well as the general reader seeking both theoretical and practical insights into contemporary health policy. The merit of this book is not that it has proposed a definitive framework for health policy analysis, or that it has covered all the current health policy issues, but that it has related key sociological and political science concepts and theories to health policy analysis, which the reader may put together as they like to develop their own lines of inquiry. Moreover, vignettes with key concepts and suggested activities that appear throughout the text will help the reader further develop their critical thinking and understanding of the issues discussed in the text."

- Journal of Social Policy, April, 2010