The New Sociology of the Health Service Book

Contributors vii

Preface ix

Introduction Jonathan Gabe Michael Calnan 1

1 Remaking a trustworthy medical profession in twenty-first-century Britain? Mary Ann Elston 17

2 Changing forms of managerialism in the NHS: hierarchies, markets and networks Sue Dopson 37

3 The restratification of primary care in England? A sociological analysis Michael Calnan Jonathan Gabe 56

4 Visions of privatization: New Labour and the reconstruction of the NHS John Mohan 79

5 The pharmaceutical industry, the state and the NHS John Abraham 99

6 Evidenced-based practice in UK health policy Stephen Harrison Kath Checkland 121

7 Innovation and implementation in health technology: normalizing telemedicine Carl May 143

8 Health care, consumerism and the politics of identity Timothy Milewa 161

9 Mainstream marginality: 'non-orthodox' medicine in an 'orthodox' health service Sarah Cant 177

10 Social care: relationships, markets and ethics Caroline Glendinning 201

11 Equalizing the people's health: a sociological perspective Jennie Popay Gareth Williams 222

Index 245