What Works in Tackling Health Inequalities? by Establishing what works in health inequalities policy, how and why, this book gives evidence of key targets for intervention through a detailed exploration of lifetime pathways and processes that are found to give rise to health inequalities.
Understanding Health Policy by Based on original research, this book examines the role of various institutions in the formation and implementation of health policy, and considers the impact of devolution on health policy and the role of European and international organisations.
Public Health at the Crossroads by "This book is an introduction to public health as a discipline, and a critique of its recent development. Identifying poverty as the greatest continuing threat to health worldwide, the authors review epidemiological, demographic and public-health trends internationally, and argue that the prospects for public health will improve only if health in a broad sense becomes a central concern of the policy-making process." "This extensively revised edition reviews major health trends, the current state of the world's health, and the latest estimates of the global burden of disease." "This book will be of interest to all health professionals."--Jacket.
The Origins of the British Welfare State by "Over the last 200 years Britain has witnessed profound changes in the nature and extent of state welfare. Drawing on the latest historical and social science research. The Origins of the British Welfare State looks at the main developments in the history of social welfare provision in this period." "This comprehensive and broad-ranging yet accessible account encourages the reader to question the 'inevitability' of present-day arrangements and provides an important framework for comparative analysis. It will be essential reading for all concerned with social policy, British social history and public policy."--Jacket.
The Institutionalization of Social Welfare by 
Public Health Policy by Health policy in the UK is largely preoccupied with health care services. Providing an overview of the key debates relating to public health policy, this volume explains that, while they are important, health care services are not the principal determinants of health.
Policy and Practice in Promoting Public Health by Offering an up-to-date analysis of key policy and practice issues involved in promoting public health, this text equips readers with a sound understanding of the policy process, and has a critical edge that encourages readers to reflect on how those involved in multidisciplinary health can use and influence policy.
The New NHS by The publication in June 2000 of 'The NHS Plan', the government's ten-year programme for reform of the NHS, fundamentally changed the definition of our national health service and led to major restructuring. This title provides a brief yet authoritative overview of the new NHS as outlined in that plan.
