The politics of hospital provision in early twentieth-century Britain

Author(s)

• Doyle, Barry M.

Bibliographic Information

The politics of hospital provision in early twentieth-century Britain

by Barry M. Doyle

（Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine, no.19）

Pickering & Chatto, c2014

• : hbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Doyle examines the role of local and national politics on hospitals. Ultimately, Doyle argues that social and economic diversity created a number of models for future health care which rested on a combination of voluntary and municipal provision.

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Leeds and Sheffield: Economic, Social and Political Change
• Chapter 2 Hospital Provision: Voluntary and Municipal
• Chapter 3 Patients and Access
• Chapter 4 Specialization and the Challenges of Modern Medicine
• Chapter 5 Finance
• Chapter 6 The Politics of Hospital Provision
• Chapter 7 Co-operation, Competition and the Development of Hospital Systems
• Conclusion

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB15544444
• ISBN:
  • 9781848934337
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 297 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 362.11094109041
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Hospitals -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Hospital care -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Medical policy -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB04367165