A book!!

After much searching through libraries and through the internet for a book to include in my research (as the assessment criteria states that candidates must use a wide variety of types of sources in their research for the EPQ), I have found a book that relates to my subject area.

The book is called Health Policy, a critical perspective. It is written by Iain Crinsion who is the leader of sociological research at St. George's University of London. 

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Dr Crinson’s research focuses on developing a sociological analysis of the decision-making processes associated with the implementation of health policy in the U.K. A particular focus is on impact of the emergence of a ‘Patient 2.0’ and the greater reliance on information technology in the NHS, collaborating with the Information security Group at Royal Holloway, University of London.

 - St George's University of London

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The book is a critical assessment of developments in the health and healthcare policy in the UK and Europe and looks both at the sociological and the political aspect of the situation to offer a holistic view of the healthcare system.

Although the book is not specific to the topic I am doing, the structure and the way it comments on the health care systems is very interesting and has given me some ideas about how I want to structure my report (as I have outlined in a previous post). 

The book is separated into 4 different sections in which the first section is just establishing the facts and the following sections examine and assess each of the facts outlined. This is the basic stricture that I would like to follow in my report.

Through research I have found that the author is very reliable as he is a senior lecturer at St. George's University of London in Health and Health Policy. I will give a full literature review once I have read the book (or at least relevant sections of it).