Informed by over 10 years of cutting edge thinking and teaching at the Oxford Brookes Institute of Public Care, this practical text takes readers methodically and logically through the challenging task of commissioning public services across the health and social care sector.[...]
When a nation or region prepares for public health emergencies such as a pandemic influenza, a large-scale earthquake, or any major disaster scenario in which the health system may be destroyed or stressed to its limits, it is important to describe how standards of care would change due to shortages[...]