Author Description

Designed for a Level 2 course with the Open University, this volume will also be useful for other courses concerned with the larger issues facing healthcare systems, through the accounts it presents of the dilemmas experienced by the National Health System (NHS) in the UK. The chapters were written by specialists working at universities in the UK in health studies, economics, community care, industrial relations, health care practice, epidemiology, and social policy. The topics include divisions in health care labor, disease prevention, poverty and health, and the effects of economic constraints in the NHS. The book is distributed by Taylor & Francis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)