Policy and Place: General Medical Practice in the UK - Softcover

Moon, Graham

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0333730399 ISBN 13: 9780333730393

Publisher: Palgrave, 2000

Synopsis

General practice as developed in the UK National Health Service has few parallels. Moreover, it has been the subject of substantial reform over the past decade.
This book synthesises and presents recent research and policy development in the NHS, focusing particularly on general practice and primary care. From a health policy context, it assesses the diverse impacts of health care reforms on general practice and examines the future challenges facing primary health care in a dynamic policy environment.

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Review

'I found this a stimulating book in which the authors' commitment to the field of general practice clearly comes across. They engage with the issues through active critique rather than sitting on the sidelines providing a commentary. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in primary care who wants to know what the challenges really are. It would also be valuable for anyone working in health as the professional and organisation changes afoot in UK general practice have potentially far-reaching consequences for health care overall.' - Moira Kelly, Medical Sociology News

About the Author

GRAHAM MOON is Professor of Health Services Research and Associate Director of Research at the University of Portsmouth. He has published widely in the areas of health geography and health policy and is editor-in-chief of the journal Health and Place.

NANCY NORTH is Senior Lecturer in Health Policy at the University of Portsmouth. She is co-editor (with Yvonne Bradshaw) of Perspectives in Health Care (1997, Macmillan Press) and her research interests include health care commissioning, consumerism and NHS reform.

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0333730399
• ISBN 13: 9780333730393
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 220