Managing the National Health Service: Shifting The Frontier?

1 The Frontier of Control.- 2 The Formalities of Management and Organisation.- 3 1948-1982: The Manager as Diplomat.- 4 1982-1984: The Manager as Scapegoat.- 5 1982-1984: The Context of Health Care Politics.- 6 The Policy Shift: An Interpretation.- 7 1985 and After: Shifting the Frontier?.- References.