Prospects for the National Health (Routledge Revivals) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138952400 ISBN 13: 9781138952409

Publisher: Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

The British National Health Service celebrated its thirtieth birthday in 1978. A Royal Commission was set up to consider the role of the National Health Service, and it is the debates that surrounded this Royal Commission that form the basis for the twelve topics covered by this book.

The economic difficulties that the country was facing when this book was published in 1979 highlighted the widely publicised malaise in the health service, and exposed the limitation of a set of ideals developed by the NHS in the years after the Second World War. These limitations, reflected in the economic recession of all industrial countries, presented a challenge and thus an opportunity to re-examine the nature and purpose of our health service.

Although this work offered no easy solutions, it did present significant implications for public debate and public appraisal of the prospects of the National Health Service, and greatly mirrors the debates that have been stirring in more recent years. This title will be of interest to students of sociology.

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Atkinson, Paul; Dingwall, Robert; Murcott, Anne

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138952400
• ISBN 13: 9781138952409
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 218
• Editor: Atkinson Paul, Dingwall Robert, Murcott Anne