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

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...

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