British Private Medical Practice and the National Health Service
British Private Medical Practice and the National Health Service

Author: Samuel Mencher

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre

Published: 2010-11-23

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 082297570X

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Samuel Mencher spent a year in Great Britain (1965-1966) interviewing leaders of professional medical associations, executives of the health insurance societies, and general practitioners and specialists engaged in private practice. His study of the private medical service twenty years after the passage of the National Health Service Act reviews the changes, problems, and successes of the National Health Service: trends in the amount and types of private medicine, the issues of conflict between private medicine and public policy, and attitudes of the public and of medical professionals.

A National Health Service?
A National Health Service?

Author: John Mohan

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 1995-03-20

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 134923897X

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This book contrasts the proposals of the Royal Commission of the late 1970s with the very different set of priorities enshrined in the 1989 White Paper and describes how the changes between the two documents came about. It argues that the NHS reforms should be seen not as the inevitable product of technical developments nor as a consensus response to narrowly managerial difficulties within the NHS, but rather as part of a wider political strategy towards state provision of welfare. The book strongly emphasises the uneven geographical impacts of post-1979 changes, a topic usually underplayed by analysts of social policy, and draws heavily on previously unpublished material.

Private Practice in Britain: the Relationship of Private Medical Care to the National Health Service
Private Practice in Britain: the Relationship of Private Medical Care to the National Health Service

Author: Samuel Mencher

Publisher:

Published: 1967

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13:

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Study of the extent and features of private sector service practice by medical physicians in the UK - comments on legislation concerning the public service health service, and covers private health insurance facilities, the characteristics of patients prefering private medical care, the views of general practitioners and medical consultants, the future of private medical practice, etc. References at the end of each chapter.

Creating the National Health Service
Creating the National Health Service

Author: Marvin Rintala

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-11-23

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 1135758263

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The origins of the NHS are the subject of this study that presents evidence on the key players who participated in the founding of the system. The author also traces those who opposed the NHS.

The Future of the Public's Health in the 21st Century
The Future of the Public's Health in the 21st Century

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2003-02-01

Total Pages: 536

ISBN-13: 0309133181

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The anthrax incidents following the 9/11 terrorist attacks put the spotlight on the nation's public health agencies, placing it under an unprecedented scrutiny that added new dimensions to the complex issues considered in this report. The Future of the Public's Health in the 21st Century reaffirms the vision of Healthy People 2010, and outlines a systems approach to assuring the nation's health in practice, research, and policy. This approach focuses on joining the unique resources and perspectives of diverse sectors and entities and challenges these groups to work in a concerted, strategic way to promote and protect the public's health. Focusing on diverse partnerships as the framework for public health, the book discusses: The need for a shift from an individual to a population-based approach in practice, research, policy, and community engagement. The status of the governmental public health infrastructure and what needs to be improved, including its interface with the health care delivery system. The roles nongovernment actors, such as academia, business, local communities and the media can play in creating a healthy nation. Providing an accessible analysis, this book will be important to public health policy-makers and practitioners, business and community leaders, health advocates, educators and journalists.