Using Health Economics in Health Services: Rationing Rationally? (State of Health)

This title examines the impact of attempts to use rational health economic analyses on local decision-making in the National Health Service. It presents findings from an ethnographic study of one Health Authority and one Primary Care Group to present a picture of the processes and contexts of healthcare resource allocation at local level. co nclusion of the book is that it is extremely difficult to use rational solutions to resource allocation dilemmas at local level in the modern state. The adoption by local decision-makers of what appear to be non-rational coping strategies is essential to the maintenance of service delivery in the context of resource scarcity. Paradoxically, attempts to impose rational decision-making threaten to undermine the precarious stability of the very systems they seek to improve. In this sense, the pursuit of rationality may itself be an irrational act.

McDonald, Ruth

McDonald Lynn PhD LLD

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Open University Press

The Politics of Healthcare in Britain

Written by leading academics in their field this book provides a clear and considered overview of the politics of health care in Britain. Bringing together a wide range of material on both past events and recent developments, the chapters cover issues such as the politics of health professionalism, clinical knowledge, and organization and management.

Politics & Social Sciences

Harrison, Stephen

Social Sciences

Sage Publications Ltd.

Bad cat-psst! (Blue star)

MODERN CURRICULUM PRESS

A practical guide to assist staff in supporting families who need help with the task of parenting their children. This support may be required because families are lacking informal networks of support or because of professionals’ worries about the levels of care parents or carers are providing for their children. The co-authors are experienced practitioners in family support and their book offers practical advice and useful suggestions for approaches to and ways of offering support. It is written and presented in a readable way, using day-to-day language which steers clear of social work jargon and terminology.There is a section on the theoretical underpinnings of the work with clear links made to their relevance to practice.The book offers unique insights as it is directly relared to research with parents. It reflects the findings from research studies across a wide range of contexts including studies about child neglect, supporting children affected by parental substance misuse, nurture groups in nurseries and the use of Public Social Partnerships in early intervention with families. It is thus an invaluable practice guide to social workers, teachers, health visitors and youth workers and others working directly with families.

Effective Family Support: Responding to What Parents Tell Us (Protecting Children and Young People)

Burgess, Cheryl

Sweeten, Sandra

Liverpool University Press

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