Future Health Organizations and Systems

List of Tables List of Figures Foreword; J.W.Owen Acknowledgements The Authors: Contact Details List of Abbreviations Introduction; S.Dawson PART 1: SYSTEMS AND COMPLEXITY The Shape of UK Health Systems; C.Sausman & S.Dawson Systems for Health or Healthcare Systems?; D.Yach The State of the Healthcare System in England; C.Paton Health Policy Futures and Cost Scenarios for England 2002-2003; G.Lister Why Do Good Politics Make Bad Health Policy?; S.Greer PART 2: POLICIES AND STRATEGIES Strategy in the NHS: Science or Sixth Sense?; M.De Rond & P.Dash Ethics and Policy in Healthcare: Status and Prognosis; W.Rogers Making Healthcare Sustainable: A Case Study of the NHS; K.Jochelson Meeting the Emotional Challenge in Organising Health for the Future; A.Mark PART 3: PEOPLE AND KNOWLEDGE The Role of the Patient in Healthcare Reform: Customer, Consumer or Creator?; I.Greener The Social Epidemiology of Information Technologies; J.Keen & J.Wyatt Harnessing Innovation in Health IT: Effective Support and Evaluated Visions; M.Rigby Public Perceptions, Ambivalence and the Endogenous Regulation of Biotechnology in the UK; J.Costa-Font & E.Mossialos Conclusion; S.Dawson, Z.Morris, L.Chang & C.Sausman Index