The British National Health Service: Lessons from the "Socialist Calculation Debate"

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 307-326

  Meadowcroft, John ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calculation; Healthcare; Markets; NHS; Prices

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; MARKET; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; PRIVATIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIALISM; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0038713354     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jmep.28.3.307.14590     Document Type: Review

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