This is a commentary on the first years of NHS reform, from a health insider with a patient's perspective. John Spiers addresses the key issues of social consent, patient power and the challenges of determining what is clincally effective. He offers discomforting and constructive perspectives for managing change. He argues for both policy and practice to be science-based, open, cost-effective and based on standards set in close consultation with patients. Power, he asserts, must be passed to the consumer wherever possible. ...
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This is a commentary on the first years of NHS reform, from a health insider with a patient's perspective. John Spiers addresses the key issues of social consent, patient power and the challenges of determining what is clincally effective. He offers discomforting and constructive perspectives for managing change. He argues for both policy and practice to be science-based, open, cost-effective and based on standards set in close consultation with patients. Power, he asserts, must be passed to the consumer wherever possible. This work proposes further ways in which this can be achieved, especially by giving patients influence on how much money is spent. Spiers' concepts of "the invisible hospital" - which patients experience but managers often do not see - and the "secret garden" - the mystique of medicine which limits necessary change - develope the debate on fundamental cultural issues.
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Add this copy of The Invisible Hospital and the Secret Garden: Insider's to cart. $15.67, good condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1995 by Radcliffe Medical Press.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 500grams, ISBN: 9781857751260.
Add this copy of The Invisible Hospital and the Secret Garden: an to cart. $64.00, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by Radcliffe Pub.
