Health and Health Care in Britain

Citation

(2005), "Health and Health Care in Britain", International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Vol. 18 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijhcqa.2005.06218aae.002

Health and Health Care in Britain

Health and Health Care in Britain

Rob BaggottPalgrave Macmillan2004ISBN 0 333 96159 5

Keywords: Health and medicine, National Health Service, Clinical governance, Evidence based practice

This new edition of Baggott’s engaging and clearly written text provides students with an up-to-date and concise introduction to all aspects of health care in Britain today. It has been extensively rewritten to take account of the many recent changes and developments in the NHS and in health policy. Including clear explanations of concepts like clinical governance and evidence-based health care, it also covers political changes such as the health policies of the Blair administration and the increasing diversity of the NHS as a result of devolution.

Contents include:

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  “Health and illness”;

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  “Medicine and the medical profession”;

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  “Critical perspectives on health care”;

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  “The evolution of the British health care system”;

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  “Health policy from Thatcher to Blair”;

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  “Health care funding and independent sector provision”;

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  “Health care policy and planning, and management”;

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  “Access to health care”;

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  “Managing quality and standards”;

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  “Primary health care”; and

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  “Health and social care”.