Making Health Policy: A Critical Introduction
- ISBN-10
- 0745641741
- ISBN-13
- 9780745641744
- Series
- Making Health Policy
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 208
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-12-27
- Publisher
- Polity
- Authors
- Patrick Brown, Andy Alaszewski
Description
A thoughtful and insightful textbook introduction to how health policy is made. Pays attention to the social and political processes which structure what decisions are taken about health policy. Addresses issues such as politicians' eagerness to please voters, the power of the media, and the role of pressure groups.
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