The social organisation and political culture of the society in which an organisation is
embedded can have major effects on the way in which organisational policy is implemented …

Policies for restructuring national health systems in low-and middle-income countries tend to
follow similar packages of prescriptions along the lines of those discussed in the World …

The creation of a large managerial stratum within the British National Health Service in
recent years has been one of the most striking characteristics of reforms intended to develop …

Decentralisation has returned as a key theme in English health policy in recent years in
policies such as Patient Choice and Foundation Trusts, among many others. The goal of …

OBJECTIVE: To examine whether decentralization has improved health system performance
in the State of Ceará, north-east Brazil. METHODS: Ceará is strongly committed to …

This paper discusses the decentralisation in the English National Health Service (and the
new organisational form of Foundation Trusts, in particular) in the context of the trend for …

Medical autonomy in the United Kingdom has declined over the last twenty-five years,
whether considered at the micro level (such as control over treatment and work patterns), the …

The article considers the role of public involvement in the British National Health Service in
the context of the wider shift from government to governance. Based on a comparative case …

Until recently, a medical qualification was required for senior public health posts in the UK
National Health Service. Since 1997, the new Labour government has expressed its …

This article considers changing conceptions of local citizenship with particular reference to
the idea of 'community participation'in the planning of state health care within Britain. The …