Health Policy for Health Care Professionals

Although this book focuses on Britain's National Health Service (NHS), the authors examine health policy issues and trends that will resonate with US policymakers and practitioners. After providing background on the shifting ideological, political, and economic contexts for the NHS as part of the postwar UK "welfare state," they treat challenges in implementing recent goals: e.g., raising revenue, improving management, clarifying oversight, calls for privatization, and changing the view of patients as passive health care consumers. The volume includes a glossary of terms relevant to NHS policy. The Bradshaws' credentials are not stated. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR