Routledge Studies in Health Management

The health care sector is now of major significance, economically, scientifically and societally. In many countries, health care organizations are experiencing major pressures to change and restructure, while cost containment efforts have been accentuated by global economic crisis. Users are demanding higher service quality, and health care professions are experiencing significant reorganization whilst operating under increased demands from an ageing population.

Critically analytic, politically informed, discursive and theoretically grounded, rather than narrowly technical or positivistic, the series seeks to analyse current health care organizations. Reflecting the intense focus of policy and academic interest, it moves beyond the day to day debate to consider the broader implications of international organizational and management research and different theoretical framings.

The series welcomes proposals on the following themes:

• What organization theories best shed light on current health care organizations?
• How does organizational change take place in health care organizations?
• How can novel health policy arenas (e.g. patient safety and quality) be conceptualised?
• Which narratives of health care reforming become influential and why in the political and policy domains?
• Who are the key actors in current health care reform? E.g. Rise of management consulting and think tanks.
• ‘doing more with less’ in health care post the 2008 economic crisis; what is the assessment of policies and strategies adopted?
• Why do countries vary in their experience of health care reform?
• What are the key developments within the health care professions and their implications for health care management?
• How important is the push from Science and Technology reshaping health care systems?
• What are the broader social and organizational effects of new ICTs in health care settings?