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Author:: King's Fund
Publication date:: 2002
Abstract:: This book is based on a series of King's Fund seminars which looked at what values mean for a modern, publicly owned health organisation. It highlights specific value conflicts and argues that for values to 'live' as an organisational reality, trade-offs must be visible, managed and explicit. Topics include: the ...

Author:: McIver, Shirley, Ham, Chris, and King's Fund
Publication date:: 2000
Abstract:: This book is a sequel to 'Tragic Choices in Health Care: the case of Child B', and continues the examination of ethical questions and conflicts of interest arising from priority setting and treatment decisions. Discussing five cases where funding of a treatment was refused or questioned, it assesses whether lessons ...

Author:: McIver, Shirley and King's Fund
Publication date:: 1998
Abstract:: Six citizens' juries pilot schemes, sponsored by the Institute for Public Policy Research and the King's Fund, took place in the NHS between June 1996 and March 1997. This book evaluates all aspects of this experiment, from an explanation of the background to the pilots to descriptions of the jury ...

Author:: Pickard, Susan, King's Fund, and Ham, Chris
Publication date:: 1998
Abstract:: This book tells the story of Jaymee Bowen (Child B) whose case has come to epitomise the dilemmas involved in making tragic choices in health care. It shows that the story was complex and not simply an example of health care rationing. While media reports at the time emphasised the ...

Author:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1995
Abstract:: This is the second edition of this publication which was published for the first time in 1994. This edition is structured in four parts. The first is a calendar of events in London's health care during 1994, followed by a commentary by the editor. The third section presents the relevant ...

Author:: King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London) and Bowling, Ann
Publication date:: 1993
Abstract:: The changes in the NHS mean that clinicians will have to accept the need for explicit rationing rather than shirking the issue with reference to clinical decision making. The current system of implicit rationing will be replaced by one which bases resource allocation on explicit criteria. However there are problems ...

Author:: Cochrane, Murray, Richards, John, Southampton and South West Hampshire Health Authority, Ham, Chris, King's Fund College (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), and Heginbotham, Chris
Publication date:: 1992
Abstract:: This report is based on a seminar held in Southampton in October 1991 which explored an alternative approach to health rationing from that of the Oregon experiment. A specially designed simulation exercise examined the dilemmas facing purchasers in the new NHS. Organised over 24 hours, the simulation centred on three ...

Author:: Reynolds, Joy, Lee, Kenneth, King's Fund Centre (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), and Barnard, Keith
Publication date:: 1980
Abstract:: In evidence to the Royal Commission, a frequent complaint was that the reorganised structure with its principle of consensus management had led to massive delays in decision-making. Previous studies have examined the process of decision-making through interviews with a sample of NHS staff. The paper reproduced here explores the feasibility ...

Author:: King's Fund Centre (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London) and Haywood, Stuart
Publication date:: 1977
Abstract:: The decision making process in area health authorities is often slow. This is because of the absence of formal management arrangements, the complexity of the consultative machinery and consensus decision making. The case for speedy decision making in the NHS is discussed, expectations and reality are compared and possible remedies ...

Author:: Denholm, Ann, King's Fund College (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), and Griffiths, Peter
Abstract:: This joint report explored a number of organisational issues related to the reorganisation of the National Health Service.

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