New Kind of Doctor

Julian Tudor Hart

Health, Fitness & Dieting

The Merlin Press

The political economy of health care: Where the NHS came from and where it could lead (Health and Society)

This bestselling book has been updated to take account of recent changes to policy and practice in the UK's National Health Service. Now in its second edition, the book has been entirely rewritten with two new chapters and a new section on health care's relationship to social justice. It's essential principle is that patients need to develop as active citizens and co-producers of health-gain in a humanizing society. The author's aim is to promote this principle wherever people recognize that the pursuit of profit may be a brake on rational progress.

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Policy Press

Medical Books

Administration & Medicine Economics

The political economy of health care: A clinical perspective (Health and Society series)

<p>This is a passionate analysis of the historical development, current state and potential future shape of the National Health Service by distinguished doctor and author, Julian Tudor Hart.Drawing on many years of clinical experience, Tudor Hart sets out to explore how the NHS might be reconstituted as a humane service for all (rather than a profitable one for the few) and a civilising influence on society as a whole.His starting point is an attack on the creeping commercialisation of the health service - the privatisation of a growing number of spheres and the application of market economics to procurement, delivery and management. Combining clinical, political and economic arguments, he then proposes his own economic analysis of the NHS, 'derived not from classical theory but from experience of the real health care economy'. The author's aim is to provide 'a big picture' for students, academics, health professionals and NHS users that will inspire them to challenge received wisdoms about how the NHS should develop in the 21st century.</p>

This is a passionate analysis of the historical development, current state and potential future shape of the National Health Service by distinguished doctor and author, Julian Tudor Hart.Drawing on many years of clinical experience, Tudor Hart sets out to explore how the NHS might be reconstituted as a humane service for all (rather than a profitable one for the few) and a civilising influence on society as a whole.His starting point is an attack on the creeping commercialisation of the health service - the privatisation of a growing number of spheres and the application of market economics to procurement, delivery and management. Combining clinical, political and economic arguments, he then proposes his own economic analysis of the NHS, 'derived not from classical theory but from experience of the real health care economy'. The author's aim is to provide 'a big picture' for students, academics, health professionals and NHS users that will inspire them to challenge received wisdoms about how the NHS should develop in the 21st century.

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Julian Tudor Hart. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Julian Tudor Hart