Choice in Health, Education and Social Care

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Choice in Health, Education and Social Care is written by Marianna Fotaki and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1848446624 (ISBN 10) and 9781848446625 (ISBN 13).

This topical book brings new insights to the heated debate on the issue of choice in public services. Marianna Fotaki uses the available evidence on user-choice in public services to examine claims of alleged shifts towards consumerism in health, social care and education, focusing especially on differences between these sectors and the uptake by their users. the author then explores the conflicting notions of consumerism and both its relevance and limitations with regard to public services. the book outlines the contradictions of modern consumerism from a theoretical perspective and analyses research on the uptake of choice and its effects on quality, efficiency and equity in selected public services.