ABSTRACT
Published in 1998, this collection of essays on the management of healthcare look at topics such as: income, distribution and life expectancy; internal market reform of the National Health Service; the changing nature of the medical profession; and doctors as managers.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|64 pages
Context for Management
chapter 7|14 pages
Review: Explanations for socio—economic differentials in mortality
Evidence from Britain and elsewhere
chapter 8|2 pages
Medicine Commentary An Improved Future?
Medical advances challenge thinking on living, dying and being human
part II|112 pages
Health Care Reforms
chapter 12|9 pages
Escaping the traps of postwar Western medicine*
How to maximize health and minimize expenses
part III|48 pages
Service Management
part IV|1 pages
Performance Indicators
part V|1 pages
Management of Professionals
