The political economy of health care : where the NHS came from and where it could lead /
Drawing on clinical experience dating from the birth of the NHS in 1948, Julian Tudor Hart, a politically active GP in a Welsh coal mining community, charts the progress of the NHS from its 19th century origins in workers' mutual aid societies, to its current forced return to the market. His st...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bristol, UK ; Portland, OR :
Policy Press,
2010.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Series: | Health & society series.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
| Summary: | Drawing on clinical experience dating from the birth of the NHS in 1948, Julian Tudor Hart, a politically active GP in a Welsh coal mining community, charts the progress of the NHS from its 19th century origins in workers' mutual aid societies, to its current forced return to the market. His starting point is a detailed analysis of how clinical decisions are made. He explores the changing social relationships in the NHS as a gift economy, how these may be affected by reducing care to commodity status, and the new directions they might take if the NHS resumed progress independently from the market. |
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| Item Description: | Project MUSE Universal EBA Ebooks Books at JSTOR Evidence Based Acquisitions |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 319 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781847428998 1847428991 |
