Irish apartheid : healthcare inequality in Ireland /
Burke, Sara.
Irish apartheid : healthcare inequality in Ireland / Sara Burke. - Dublin : New Island, c2009. - xi, 354 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-345) and index.
Introduction--1. Ireland\'s unequal system of healthcare - \'I am going to die because of hospital waiting lists\'--2. Why we have never adopted a universal healthcare model--3. The HSE: did we create a monster?--4. The \'black hole\' myth and hospitals - activity, unequal access, consultants, staffing and \'crises\'--5. The thorniest issue of all - the location of specialties and hospitals in Ireland--6. The drive to privatise--7. Public health - the missing link in irish health policy--8. Ignored yet essential: primary, community and continuing care services in Ireland--9. The perfect storm...universal healthcare for all.
9781848400368 (pbk.) : No price 9781848400368
2009396967
Public health--History--Ireland
National health services--Evaluation--Ireland
Medical care--History--Ireland
Medical policy--Evaluation--Ireland
Health systems & services
Ireland
362.109417 BUR
Irish apartheid : healthcare inequality in Ireland / Sara Burke. - Dublin : New Island, c2009. - xi, 354 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-345) and index.
Introduction--1. Ireland\'s unequal system of healthcare - \'I am going to die because of hospital waiting lists\'--2. Why we have never adopted a universal healthcare model--3. The HSE: did we create a monster?--4. The \'black hole\' myth and hospitals - activity, unequal access, consultants, staffing and \'crises\'--5. The thorniest issue of all - the location of specialties and hospitals in Ireland--6. The drive to privatise--7. Public health - the missing link in irish health policy--8. Ignored yet essential: primary, community and continuing care services in Ireland--9. The perfect storm...universal healthcare for all.
9781848400368 (pbk.) : No price 9781848400368
2009396967
Public health--History--Ireland
National health services--Evaluation--Ireland
Medical care--History--Ireland
Medical policy--Evaluation--Ireland
Health systems & services
Ireland
362.109417 BUR