The Changing Context of Social Health Care

This text addresses the social organizational approach to education in present day academic centres focusing on health care. Students in health care professions should benefit from this extensive evaluation of the changing health care environment and its implications for both providers and consumers. The many changes in the provision of health services that are a result of the reallocation of government resources are discussed. Recommendations for health care policy, practice, and the education of health care professionals and consumers are presented. Professors and educators should find this volume helpful in assisting students in health care services to assess the present relationship between administrators and patients and the changes that must be instigated in order to offer affordable, quality delivery of health services.