Rhetoric and Reality in the English National Health Service Comment on "Who Killed the English National Health Service?".
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Despite fiscal stress, public confidence in the National Health Service (NHS) remains strong; privatisation has not hollowed out the service. But if long term challenges are to be overcome, pragmatism not rhetoric should be the guide.
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Rhetoric and Reality in the English National Health Service; Comment on “Who Killed the English National Health Service?”
Despite fiscal stress, public confidence in the National Health Service (NHS) remains strong; privatisation has not hollowed out the service. But if long term challenges are to be overcome, pragmatism not rhetoric should be the guide.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- International journal of health policy and management
دوره 4 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015