The New Politics of Medicine (Paperback)

A new politics of medicine is emerging from the changing relationship between medicine, society and the state. It is characterized by informed health consumers, an interventionist state, and a mobilized medical profession. With the media now its constant companion, medicine has been abruptly politicized by a range of novel pressures. Yet the continuities of its re energised institutions remain intact and with them the sustaining realities of medical power. MARKET 1: Undergraduate students of Social Policy, Public Policy, Health Studies and Sociology taking 2nd/3rd modules in Health Policy, Medical Sociology, Health Service Organization and Current Issues in Health MARKET 2: Postgraduate students of Medical Sociology and Health Service Management /Organization Health service professionals.