In Search of the Perfect Health System
In Search of the Perfect Health System

Author: Mark Britnell

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2015-09-13

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 1350310662

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Winner of the first prize in the Health and Social Care category at the BMA Medical Book Awards 2016. With chapters on 25 different countries, this practical and succinct guide to the world's major health systems explores what lessons can be drawn from each to improve health worldwide. Each chapter is an essay designed to give the reader essential knowledge of the history, strengths, weaknesses and lessons of each health system and provide a truly global health perspective – all in the time it takes to drink a cup of coffee. Whether a healthcare manager or a student studying health systems, this accessible and engaging book provides a fascinating insight in to how health care is delivered around the world.

Medical Sociology
Medical Sociology

Author: William C. Cockerham

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13:

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This introductory text provides clear coverage of the ideas, concepts, themes, and research findings in the field of medical sociology. This edition (last, 1995) includes updated treatment of the dramatic decline in the professional power of physicians, the aftermath of the Clinton Administration's

Evaluating the National Health Service
Evaluating the National Health Service

Author: Martin A. Powell

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13:

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Powell draws on original research to examine health care before the NHS, and health care in other countries, to locate the service in its wider context. He analyses its successes and failures, and attempts to predict its future direction.