Nhs Plc - The Privatisation of Our Health Care

Informationen zum Autor Allyson M. Pollock  is Professor of Public Health Research and Policy at Queen Mary, University of London. She set up and directed the Centre for International Public Health Policy at the University of Edinburgh from 2005 to 2011, and prior to that she was Head of the Public Health Policy Unit at UCL and Director of Research and Development at UCL Hospitals NHS Trust. Colin Leys is Emeritus Professor of Political Studies at Queen's University, Canada. His previous books include Politics in Britain , The Rise and Fall of Development Theory and, with Leo Panitch, The End of Parliamentary Socialism . Klappentext Subtitled, "The Privatisation Of Our Health Service". New in paperback, with added material, this is a highly acclaimed examination of the pernicious influence of PFI in the NHS, from one of the country's experts on heath policy. Zusammenfassung Presents an analysis of the transition from a comprehensive and universal service to New Labour's 'mixed economy of health care'! in which hospitals with foundation status! loosely supervised by an independent regulator! are run on largely market principles. This book also aims to demystify slogans such as 'diversity' and 'local ownership'.

Product details

• Authors: Allyson M Pollock, Allyson M. Pollock, Alysson M. Pollock
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.03.2006
• EAN: 9781844675395
• ISBN: 978-1-84467-539-5
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, Health systems & services, Health systems and services