«Минский государственный лингвистический факультет»
Жуковская Александра Игоревна
Health care systems.
Belarus and Great Britain compared.
Группа 406
Переводческого факультета
Научный руководитель:
Старший преподаватель
Макарова Лариса Николаевна
Минск 2010
Contents
Introduction 3 Part 1 Health care 4
Part 1.1 Health care industry 4
Part 1.2 World Health Organization 5
Part 1.3 Health care systems 5
Part 2 Healthcare in Great Britain 7
Part 2.1 National Health Service (NHS) 7 Part 2.2 Funding and management 7 Part 2.3 NHS Constitution 8 Part 2.4 Patient experience 10 Part 3 Healthcare Situation in Belarus 11 Part 3.1 Healthcare and Hospitals 11 Part 3.2 The National Health Service 12 Part 3.3 Doctors 13 Part 3.4 Rural Health Centers 13 Part 3.5 Pharmacies 14 Part 3.6 Polyclinics 14 Conclusion 15 Used materials 16
Introduction.
“Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.” Buddha (Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.)1
In these times of worldwide economic duress, governments have to cut spending all across the board in order to make the ends meet and protect their citizens from a complete socio-economic collapse. Naturally, a significant part of any modern country’s budget is health care, and the policies and strategies a government employs to manage and adjust health care spending in these tough economic times speaks volumes about