New Sociology of the Health Service

<p>Health service policy and health policy have changed considerably over the past fifteen years and there is a pressing need for an up-to-date sociological analysis of health policy. Not only have policies themselves changed but new policy themes – such as evidence-based policy and practice, an increasing focus on a primary care led health service, a growing recognition of the need to address inequalities through public health policies and a focus on the views and the voice of the user and the public– have emerged alongside some of the old.</p><p>Following up the very successful <em>The Sociology of the Health Service</em>, this all-new volume covers a broad range of key contemporary health services issues. It includes chapters on consumerism, technology, evidence-based practice, public health, managerialism and social care among others, and incorporates references to new developments, such as regulation and incentivization, throughout.</p><p><em>The New Sociology of the Health Service</em> provides a vital new sociological framework for analyzing health policy and healthcare. It is an important read for all students and researchers of medical sociology and health policy.</p> <p>1. Remaking a Trustworthy Medical Profession in Twenty-first Century Britain? 2. Changing Forms of Managerialism in the NHS: Hierarchies, Markets and Networks 3. The Restratification of Primary Care in England? A Sociological Analysis 4. Visions of Privatization: New Labour and the Reconstruction of the NHS 5. The Pharmaceutical Industry, the State and the NHS 6. Evidence-based Practice in UK Health Policy<em> </em>7. Innovation and Implementation in Health Technology 8. Health Care, Consumerism and the Politics of Identity 9. Mainstream Marginality: `Non-orthodox’ Medicine in an `Orthodox’ Health Service<em> </em>10. Social Care: Relationships, Markets and Ethics 11. Equalizing the People’s Health: a Sociological Perspective</p>