TheOxford handbook of health care management / edited by Ewan Ferlie, Kathleen Montgomery, and Anne Reff Pedersen.
Contributor(s): Ferlie, Ewan [editor.] | Montgomery, Kathleen [editor.] | Reff Pedersen, Anne [editor.].
Publisher: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016Edition: First edition.Description: xvi, 560 pages ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780198705109.Other title: Handbook of health care management.Subject(s): Health services administration | Health services administrationGenre/Form: Print books.Summary: This Handbook provides an authoritative overview of current issues and debates in the field of health care management. It contains over twenty chapters from well-known and eminent academic authors, who were carefully selected for their expertise and asked to provide a broad and critical overview of developments in their particular topic area. The development of an international perspective and body of knowledge is a key feature of the book.The Handbook secondly makes a case for bringing back a social science perspective into the study of the field of health care management. It therefore contains a number of contrasting and theoretically orientated chapters (e.g. on institutionalism; critical management studies). This social science based approach is a refreshing alternative to much existing work in this domain and offers a good way into current academic debates in this field.The Handbook thirdly explores a variety of important policy and organizational developments apparent within the current health care field (e.g. new organizational forms; growth of management consulting in health care organizations). It therefore explores and comments on major contemporary trends apparent in the practice field. --Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This Handbook provides an authoritative overview of current issues and debates in the field of health care management. It contains over twenty chapters from well-known and eminent academic authors, who were carefully selected for their expertise and asked to provide a broad and critical overview of developments in their particular topic area. The development of an international perspective and body of knowledge is a key feature of the book.The Handbook secondly makes a case for bringing back a social science perspective into the study of the field of health care management. It therefore contains a number of contrasting and theoretically orientated chapters (e.g. on institutionalism; critical management studies). This social science based approach is a refreshing alternative to much existing work in this domain and offers a good way into current academic debates in this field.The Handbook thirdly explores a variety of important policy and organizational developments apparent within the current health care field (e.g. new organizational forms; growth of management consulting in health care organizations). It therefore explores and comments on major contemporary trends apparent in the practice field. --