The New Politics of the NHS

by ProfRudolphKlein (Author)

• Used

  Textbook Binding
  1995

  $4.66

  The third edition of this classic text has been fully revised and updated, as a result of the continuing pace of reform, to provide an authoritative account of one of the most debated issues in contemporary British society. It covers the development and political dynamics of the NHS from the battles between the Attlee government and the private medical establishment, through to the battles between the Thatcher/Major governments and the medical profession.

• Used

  Paperback
  2000

  $3.25

  Suitable for students of Social policy, Health policy, Public policy and Nursing as well as health care professionals.This exciting new book covers the political history of the NHS from 1948 to the present day. It traces the way in which successive governments have tried to deal with problems of a centralised health care system, specifically the tensions between central control and local responsiveness and between managerial influence and medical autonomy. In doing so it examines the role of different actors in the health care policy arena: political parties, professions, consumers and interest groups.