The Need For Health Care :

Rod Sheaff

ISBN 10: 0415101123 / ISBN 13: 9780415101127

Published by Routledge Publishing, 1996

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Published In 1996 : 1st. Edition : Routledge Publishing : Just Missed The Like New Spot Because Of A Tiny Spine Crease : + Tiny Top Corner Folds To Pages 95 - 104 : Otherwise , As New Throughout : Crisp & Tight , With No Inscriptions : Good Solid Binding With Bright Clear Text : Overall , A Very Nice Book :

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Need For Health Care :
• Publisher: Routledge Publishing
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415101123
• ISBN 13: 9780415101127
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Health

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Synopsis

The rhetoric of 'needs' has been used to legitimate all major turns in UK health policy since 1936. This study identifies the ethical, policy and technical issues arising from the concept of needs. In the first part a theory of needs is developed, which takes into account both the philosophical traditions and the practical problems arising in daily health care. In a second part, health systems throughout the world are described and compared, addressing ethical as well as economical questions.
Its interdisciplinary approach will make The Need for Healthcare important reading not only for those interested in or employed in the health care sector but also for students of philosophy.

About the Author

Rod Sheaff is a Fellow at the Health Services Management Unit, Manchester University. He has had working, research and consultancy experience both in the British NHS and many overseas health systems. He is the author of Marketing for Health Services (1991).