Health Policies, Health Politics : : The British and American Experience, 1911-1965 / / Daniel M. Fox.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Fox, Daniel M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1986
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 661
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (248 p.)

Drawing on a wide range of sources, from popular literature, movies, and television drama to government and institutional documents, this book reveals similarities in the presumptions underlying British and American health policies, while also exploring the distinctive way in which policy was shaped by political culture, class relationships, and economic resources in each country.Originally published in 1986.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. Health Policy and the Perception of Medical Progress: 1910-1918 -- II. Commitment to Hierarchy and Regionalism: Britain, 1918-1929 -- III. The Promise and Threat of Hierarchy: The United States, 1918-1933 -- IV. Strengthening Consensus: Britain, 1929-1939 -- V. Acrimony and Realignment: The United States, 1932-1940 -- VI. The Second World War and Health Policy: Britain, 1939-1945 -- VII. The Second World War and Health Policy: The United States, 1941-1946 -- VIII. Establishing the National Health Service: Britain, 1946-1951 -- IX. A Policy for Growth: The United States, 1946-1953 -- X. The Priorities of the National Health Service: Britain, 1951-1962 -- XI. A Triumphant Coalition: The United States, 1953-1965 -- Epilogue -- Note on Sources -- Index