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| About the book |
"I enjoyed leafing through this collection, and seeing some of the 'modern classics' in the sociology of health excerpted - the excerpts being almost impossibly brief, although understandably so. It is good for academic-jockeys to lead practitioner-horses to the edge of heady intellectual waters- as long as they don't end up the infamous creek without a paddle. Enough mixed metaphors... I enjoyed it - really." Calum Paton, Professor of Health Policy, Keele University, UK
"This book introduces the reader to many of the most important debates in health policy today through a judicious selection of contributions from a range of disciplines. It will be invaluable in helping students find their way in to a diverse and complex field of study, and should also whet their appetites to go to the sources to explore these debates in greater depth."
"This book shows the great benefits of expert selection of the best writings on the subject. Our starting point for the future is what we inherit - the ideas and structures from the past. This book shows us how we got here, and the choices for the future. In an age of Kindle and downlodable PDFs, this selection of the best in one place is invaluable to researchers, practitioners, and leaders of learning programmes. We are shaped by history, but unknowingly. Knowing our history, can free us from it. We can build on the best and avoid repeating old mistakes."
"The authors have collected a good range of papers with some going back to establishment of the NHS and others drawing on healthcare in other countries to provide comparison and contrast. A few of the articles will be familiar to anyone engaged in formal learning about healthcare, but there is plenty of new material and the favourites sit well with the more unfamiliar work. All of the papers are of high standard and the reader will need to pay attention to get the most from them ? there's no 'Healthcare for Dummies' here." This reader offers instant access to fifty classic and original readings in health policy and management. Compiled by experts, the editors introduce a framework setting out the key policy drivers and policy levers, giving a conceptual framework that provides context for each piece. Ten key themes are covered that are relevant to managers and practitioners working in healthcare systems throughout the world and reflect much of the content of postgraduate programmes in health policy and management. These are:
A Reader in Health Policy and Management is an ideal companion text to Healthcare Management (edited by Kieran Walshe and Judith Smith) and is key reading for postgraduate students, managers, leaders and clinicians working in healthcare. It will also be of interest to those working in partnership with healthcare organisations and located in the public sector, independent and voluntary sectors. |
| About the authors |
Ann Mahon is a senior fellow in health policy and management at Manchester Business School, UK. She directs postgraduate programmes designed for clinicians, managers and young leaders working in the UK and in international healthcare systems. Her research and publications focus on policy and programme evaluation in healthcare. Kieran Walshe is a professor of health policy and management at Manchester Business School, UK; Director of the Institute of Health Sciences at the University of Manchester; and Director of the National Institute of Health Research service delivery and organisation research programme. He is the author/editor of four books, and of over 50 papers in academic journals.
Naomi Chambers is a professor of health policy and management at Manchester Business School, UK. She is also on the board of the European Health Management Association and has been its president from 2007-2009. Previously director of executive education at Manchester Business School, Naomi has also held non executive director positions on NHS boards since 1996.
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| Table of contents |
General introduction Part one: The role of the State in healthcare (Editor Ann Mahon) 1 Social Insurance and Allied Services 2 The New Politics of the NHS 3 The Social Transformation of American Medicine: the rise of a sovereign profession and the making of a vast industry 4 Securing our future: taking a long-term view Part two: The policy making process (Editor Naomi Chambers) 5 Street-Level Bureaucracy and the Analysis of Urban Reform 6 Designing Health Service Organisation in the UK, 1968-1998 7 Why Britain is reorganizing its health service - yet again 8 The interplay between economic and political logics Part three: The allocation and distribution of resources (Editor Kieran Walshe) 9 Equity and equality in health and healthcare. 10 Explicit and implicit rationing: taking responsibility and avoiding blame for health care choices 11 The development of health technology assessment 12 Economics, QALYs and medical ethics: a health economist?s perspective. 13 Resource allocation to health authorities: the quest for an equitable formula in Britain and Sweden Part four: Markets and choice in healthcare (Editor Naomi Chambers) 14 Reflections on the management of the National Health Service: An American Looks at Incentives to Efficiency in Health Services Management in the UK 15 Patient choice and patient empowerment in northern European health systems: a conceptual framework. 16 The Right to Give in The Gift Relationship: From Human Blood to Social Policy 17 Links between governance, incentives and outcomes: a review of the literature NCCSDO 18 Giving Consumers of British Public Services More Choice: What can be learned from recent history? Part five: Accountability and regulation (Editor Kieran Walshe) 19 The audit society: second thoughts. 20 Regulation of government: has it increased, is it increasing, should it be diminished? 21 External assessment of health care. 22 Social regulation of healthcare organisations in the United States: developing a framework for evaluation 23 The role of regulation in quality improvement 24 What is measured is what matters: targets and gaming in the English public healthcare system Part six: Quality and safety (Editor Kieran Walshe) 25 The quality of care: how can it be assessed? 26 Continuous improvement as an ideal in healthcare 27 A primer on leading the improvement of systems. 28 Error in medicine 29 Evaluation of quality improvement programmes Part seven: General management and governance (Editor Naomi Chambers) 30 Administrative Behaviour Rationality in Human Behaviour 31 The Fish Rots from the Head 32 Report of the NHS Management Enquiry 33 The Governance of Public and Non-Profit Organisations 34 Shaping Strategic Change 35 Why do we keep on meeting like this? The board as ritual in health and social care Part eight: Evidence based policy and management 36 Effectiveness and efficiency: random reflections on health services. 37 On the need for evidence based medicine 38 Grey zones of clinical practice: some limits to evidence based medicine. 39 Evidence based management: from theory to practice in healthcare 40 Is there such a thing as evidence based management? Part nine: The social context of health (Editor Ann Mahon) 41 Report from the Poor Law Commissioners on an inquiry into Sanitary Conditions of the Labouring Population of Great Britain 42 The Inverse Care Law 43 Declaration of Alma Ata (1978) International Conference on Primary Health Care, Alma Ata, USSR, 6-12 September. 44 Report of a Research Working Group Inequalities in Health 45 A New Perspective on the Health of Canadians 46 Securing good health for the whole population. Part ten: Cultural critiques of formalised healthcare systems (Editor Ann Mahon) 47 Hippocratic Oaths 48 Asylums: Essays on the social situation of mental patients and other inmates. 49 Limits to Medicine. Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health 50 The Unmasking of Medicine 51 Medicine Matters after all |
