Health and Care in Neoliberal Times

Author:   NEIL SMALL
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9781032365145


Pages:   234
Publication Date:   17 February 2023
Format:   Hardback
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Health and Care in Neoliberal Times


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"This book argues that neoliberal changes in health and social care go beyond resource allocations, priority setting and privatisation, and manifest in an invidious erosion of the quality of our social relationships, including relationships between care provider and care recipient. Critically examining the concept of culture and why shifts in what is considered ""acceptable practice"" happen, the book explores the conduct of conduct. It draws together what we know about neoliberalism’s impact on the economy and public services with research around governmentality and social change. Looking at breakdowns in the quality of care in the NHS and social care across a range of settings it holds that macro influences, such as austerity and marketisation, cannot explain everything and many of the damaging things that go on in care breakdowns occur in micro-interactions between care provider and care recipient. Analysing the interactions between the calculations of political centres, the strength of professional identities, the effectiveness of oversight and supervision and the biographies of protagonists, Neil Small problematises the focus on culture, and culture change, in our response to care failures and examines what a different approach to care might involve. Exploring the interaction of politics, economics and social change and their impact on health care and the wider welfare state, this is an important contribution for students and researchers in health and social care, sociology, political science and management studies."

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Author:   NEIL SMALL
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.460kg
ISBN:  

9781032365145


ISBN 10:   1032365145
Pages:   234
Publication Date:   17 February 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1.Introduction. Part I: Underlying ideas. 2.The Nature of Change. Part II: The impacts of neoliberalism. 3.Change in action: Neoliberalism and the economics of the NHS. 4.Changing organisations and the impact of neoliberalism on health professions. 5.Consequences: how neoliberalism makes us sick. 6.How ideological shifts are manifest in society: In collective social attitudes and in individuals. Part III: Culture as diagnosis and as prescription. 7.Culture. 8.Aspects of culture that might be damaged and need repair. Part IV: Conclusion. 9.Conclusion.

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Neil Small is Professor Emeritus of Health Research at the University of Bradford, UK and is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.

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