Sociology of the Health Service

List of contents

Introduction Jonathan Gabe, Michael Calnan, and Michael Bury 1. Medical Sociology and Health Policy: an Historical Overview Margaret Stacey 2. Privatisation in the British Health Service: a Challenge to the NHS John Mohan 3. The Politics of Professional Power: Medicine in a Changing Health Service Mary Ann Elston 4. Health Service Management - A Sociological View Griffiths and the Non-Negotiated Order of the Hospital David Cox 5. Evaluating the Outcomes of Health Care Angela Coulter 6. Recent Developments in General Practice: a Sociological Analysis Michael Calnan and Jonathan Gabe 7. Knowledge and Control in Health Promotion: a Test Case for Social Policy and Social Theory Alan Beattie 8. The Confused Boundaries of Community Care Hilary Land 9. The Agenda for Sociological Health Policy Research for the 1990s Margot Jefferys

About the author

Michael Bury, Michael Calnan, Jonathan Gabe

Summary

A collection of essays which offer an analysis of current policies in the sociological aspects of the health services. Following an historical overview of medical sociology, contributors discuss such topics as health service management, the outcomes of health care and future policy research.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Bury, Michael Calnan Bury
• Assisted by: Michael Bury (Editor), Bury Michael (Editor), Michael Calnan (Editor), Calnan Michael (Editor), Jonathan Gabe (Editor), Gabe Jonathan (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138468306
• ISBN: 978-1-138-46830-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Medical Sociology, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects