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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hart, Julian Tudor
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol, UK ; Portland, OR : Policy Press, 2010.
Edición:2nd ed.
Colección:Health & society series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 319 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9781847428998
1847428991