Beschreibung:
This book enhances our understanding of the links between professions, the state and the market - and their implications for the public in terms of professional practice. This will be of interest to scholars, researchers and students of Management, Public Policy and Health Care Management.
Part I: Introduction 1. Professions in Comparative Perspective: The Case of Medicine Part II: The Medical Profession, State and the Market 2. Medicine in Britain 3. Medicine in the United States 4. Medicine in Russia Part III: Conclusion 5. The Professions, State and the Market: Medicine in Context