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The new face of the NHS / edited by Peter Spurgeon.

Title
The new face of the NHS / edited by Peter Spurgeon.
Publication
London ; New York : Royal Society of Medicine Press, c1998.

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Additional Authors
Spurgeon, P. (Peter)
Description
xvi, 306 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Summary
This updated account of policy and practice in the NHS includes issues such as evidence-based medicine, IT, managed care and stress in healthcare workers.
Subject
  • National Health Service (Great Britain)
  • Health Services Administration
  • State Medicine > organization & administration
  • National health services > Great Britain > Administration
  • National health services > Great Britain
  • Medical care > Great Britain
  • United Kingdom
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Population centred and patient focused purchasing -- the UK experience; a public health perspective; planning and internal markets; the changing NHS and the finance function; assessing efficiency in the NHS -- a case of unfulfilled potential; managing information and information technology in the NHS; proving and improving the quality of National Health Service -- past, present and future; managed care -- a route map for exploring health policy changes; human resource management in the NHS -- 2001 AD; developing managers for the late 1990s; managing stress in health care organization; of confidence and identity -- the doctor in management; future patterns of primary health care; general practice -- natural building blocks for a population-focused NHS; evidence based practice -- a new era in health care; public involvement in the NHS; care in the community.
ISBN
0443059691
LCCN
^^^99216749^
OCLC
  • 40756760
  • SCSB-12632011
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library