Health Policy: A Critical Perspective

By Iain Crinson

This book provides a critical assessment of developments in health and healthcare policy. Primarily focusing on the UK, the chapters cover issues such as the policy-making process; the development of the NHS; health care governance; health promotion; and the comparative analysis of health care systems within the EU and US. Each chapter brings together social and political themes to offers a unique combination of theory, historical detail, and wider social commentary.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412922879
• ISBN13: 9781412922876
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.6" x 9.4"