Evaluating the National Health Service (State of Health Series)

Medical Books

Powell, Martin A.

Administration & Medicine Economics

Open Univ Pr

Demonstrates that balanced assessment of the UK's National Health Service (NHS) has been impeded by political correctness and rhetoric, and examines to what extent the NHS has achieved its objectives, how its performance compares with other countries, and the impact of recent reforms. Draws on original research to examine health care before NHS, traces its changing policies, and attempts to predict its future direction. Intended for textbook use by students of social policy, health policy, and politics. Also of interest to health care professionals. Distributed by Taylor & Francis. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

This is a textbook written with the undergraduate student in mind. It provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to one of the most important but relatively neglected issues in social policy. It addresses the what, when and why issues of welfare change. What constitutes a change in the welfare state? Do we have a new welfare state? If so, when did this change occur? What factors influenced change? The book brings together a wide range of diverse material, and provides descriptive, analytical and explanatory perspectives on welfare change. It moves beyond both descriptive, historical accounts of the welfare state, and theoretical, abstract accounts to integrate them within a coherent structure.

Welfare State and Welfare Change

Politics & Social Sciences

Hewitt, Martin

Social Sciences

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