The Sociology of the Health Service

Erscheinungsjahr 1991
ISBN: 978-0-415-03159-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 371 g

The Sociology of the Health Service responds directly to the need to develop a sociological analysis of current health policy. Topics covered vary from privatisation and health service management to health education and the politics of professional power. Also included is an histroical review of sociology's contributions to health policy and proposals for an agenda for sociological health policy research in the 1990s.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bury, Michael

Calnan, Michael

Gabe, Jonathan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Gesundheitssystem, Gesundheitswesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Jonathan Gabe, Michael Calnan, and Michael Bury 1. Medical Sociology and Health Policy: an Historical Overview Margaret Stacey 2. Privatisation in the British Health Service: a Challenge to the NHS John Mohan 3. The Politics of Professional Power: Medicine in a Changing Health Service Mary Ann Elston 4. Health Service Management - A Sociological View Griffiths and the Non-Negotiated Order of the Hospital David Cox 5. Evaluating the Outcomes of Health Care Angela Coulter 6. Recent Developments in General Practice: a Sociological Analysis Michael Calnan and Jonathan Gabe 7. Knowledge and Control in Health Promotion: a Test Case for Social Policy and Social Theory Alan Beattie 8. The Confused Boundaries of Community Care Hilary Land 9. The Agenda for Sociological Health Policy Research for the 1990s Margot Jefferys

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Bury, Michael Calnan, Jonathan Gabe