{"product_id":"9780335229031","title":"The New Health Policy","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"This is an excellent and accessible introduction to key current debates in health policy. It is enriched by deft comparative analysis and by the way Dr Gauld locates the study in the context of current ideological debates. Students will learn a lot from wrestling with the questions posed at the end of each chapter – and so will their teachers!\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Wilding, Emeritus Professor of Social Policy, University of Manchester, UK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book analyzes the issues that form the nucleus of the emerging ‘new health policy’ agenda. Robin Gauld brings together in one volume a comprehensive picture of the health policy challenges facing contemporary developed world health systems, as well as the strategies for tackling these.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndividual chapters, respectively, analyze: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Challenges in health care funding and organization \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Quality and patient safety \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The application of information technology \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Clinical governance \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The changing nature of professionalism and public involvement in health care planning \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Public health \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The role of the private sector \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book highlights the importance to policy makers of each subject, overviews research into it, and discusses policy responses in Britain, New Zealand and the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Health Policy\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for all students of health policy and health care, along with policy makers and health care professionals.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McGraw-Hill Companies,Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47008261570800,"sku":"9780335229031","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780335229031_p0.jpg?v=1763686632","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780335229031","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}