| Description |
1 online resource (158 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-152) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Health Policy: A Commentary for Health Professionals; Chapter 1 -- The prelude to today's National Health Service: The ideological, political and economic context for the public services in Britain; Chapter 2 -- The modernisation agenda of the NHS; Chapter 3 -- The major challenges for a modernised NHS; Chapter 4 -- Generating financial resources and making better use of them; Chapter 5 -- Who controls the NHS?; Chapter 6 -- The unfolding tale; Glossary: Terms used in relation to NHS policy; References; Index. |
| Summary |
Health Policy for Health Care Professionals is a contemporary guide to the health service, its origins and current agenda, which focuses on the challenges faced by health service workers in implementing government policy at local level. The book's aim is to help health care professionals make assessments of health policy by giving them an understanding of the ideological basis of the British health care system and the challenges facing the modern National Health Service. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
National health services -- Great Britain.
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National health services. |
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Great Britain. |
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Medical policy -- Great Britain.
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Medical policy. |
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Health Policy. |
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State Medicine. |
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United Kingdom. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Bradshaw, Gwendolen.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bradshaw, Peter L. Health policy for health care professionals. London ; Thousand Oaks : SAGE, 2004 0761974008 9780761974000 (DLC) 2004094409 (OCoLC)56643630 |
| ISBN |
9780761974017 |
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0761974016 |
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9781412931465 (electronic book) |
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1412931460 (electronic book) |
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9780761974000 (cased) |
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0761974008 (cased) |
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9781446221389 (ebook) |
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1446221385 (ebook) |
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128037084X |
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9781280370847 |
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0761974008 (cased) |
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0761974016 (paperback) |
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