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The Business of Medicine

Private Health Care in Britain

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  • © 1988

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Authors:
  1. Joan Higgins
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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Joan Higgins
    Pages 1-5

  3. Public and Private Medicine in the 1940s

    • Joan Higgins
    Pages 6-44

  4. Paying for Medicine Inside and Outside the NHS: 1948–78

    • Joan Higgins
    Pages 45-83

  5. The Boom Years: The Private Market After 1979

    • Joan Higgins
    Pages 84-123

  6. A Taste of American Medicine

    • Joan Higgins
    Pages 124-162

  7. Winners and Losers

    • Joan Higgins
    Pages 163-197

  8. Trends and Issues in the Private Sector

    • Joan Higgins
    Pages 198-226

  9. Conclusions

    • Joan Higgins
    Pages 227-239

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 240-260
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Business of Medicine

  • Book Subtitle: Private Health Care in Britain

  • Authors: Joan Higgins

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19231-1

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Joan Higgins 1988

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 260

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Public Health, History of Medicine

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