Download Accidental Logics: The Dynamics of Change in the Health Care Arena in the United States, Britain, and Canada Pdf

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Edition: 1
Release: 1999-05-20
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN/ASIN: 0195128214
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB

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Health care reform has become one of the most prevalent topics in recent policy discourse within and across nations. In the 1990s, common features of the health care arena elevated the importance of bargaining relationships among large, sophisticated entities as the dominant mode of decision-making, fundamentally challenging the traditional dominance of the medical profession, which had been grounded in individualized "agency" relationships between providers and patients. These developments have played out in varying ways around the globe. Carolyn Hughes Tuohy looks at the experiences of the United States, Britain, and Canada, offering an international comparative study of public policy systems, as well as a recent history of the evolution of each national health care system.
What drives change in health care systems? Why do certain changes occur in some nations and not in others? Tuohy argues that the answer lies in understanding the "accidents" of history that have shaped nationa Download Accidental Logics for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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