Health and Health Care in Britain

This updated version of a popular text covers all major aspects of contemporary health care in Britain. It provides a concise guide to recent trends in health and health services, identifies the main problems and challenges facing the health care system today, and analyses the responses of policy-makers. Lively, readable and illustrated throughout with appropriate tables, figures, and exhibits, the book provides both an informative account for the introductory student and a thoughtful commentary for those more familiar with the health care system.