Unhealthy state : analysis of a sick society / Maev-Ann Wren.
Material type: TextPublication details: Dublin : New Island, 2003.Description: 464 p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 9781902602882 (pbk.) :
- 1902602889
- 362.109417 WRE
- RA273
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1: Health in an unhealthy State--1. Health in an unhealthy state--Part 2: Evolution of an unhealthy state--2. Defeat of the early reformers--3. Consultants obstruct free hospital care--4. The unleashing of private medicine--5. The era of the cuts--6. No beds in the boom--7. The politics of blood--8. Ethics, ownership and the catholic church--Part 3: A failied system--9. Two-tier hospital care--10. The potent politics of hospital location--11. When the doctor costs too much--Part 4: Options for reform--12. Health spending and the black hole--13. Reform without equity--14. Private sector solutions--15. Changing the sytem--16. Lessons from abroad--Part 5. A healthier state:--17. A healthier state.
'Unhealthy State' is a biting portrayal of Ireland's health care system.