The Challenge of change reforming health care on the front line in the United States and the United Kingdom / Rebecca Kolins Givan.

Author/creator Givan, Rebecca Kolins, 1975-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoIthaca, NY : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2016.
Descriptionpages cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects

SeriesCulture and politics of health care work
Culture and politics of health care work. ^A1047686
Contents Health care systems in the United States and the United Kingdom: a lifetime of change -- Turbulence in the two systems -- Measuring and rewarding performance: imposing change from above in the United Kingdom -- Regulating the frontline from above: the joint commission and hospital regulation in the United States -- Pushing back from the frontline: staff responses to privatization in the National Health Service -- Building a safety culture from the frontline in the United States -- From the health care workplace to the health care system: learning from the United States and United Kingdom.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2016003674
ISBN9780801450051 (cloth : alk. paper)