The ship with no captain: Health’s two sides struggle for the helm

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The ship with no captain: Health’s two sides struggle for the helm

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New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa

Tim Tenbensel
Medicine
The medical profession developed the enduring, fundamental architecture of health services and systems in the early 20th century; governments only entered the picture between the world wars

Tension between government and health professionals is a permanent backdrop to health policy and healthcare delivery, writes University of Auckland health policy researcher Tim Tenbensel

Tension becomes a problem when those starting from each side regard the motivations of those on the other side as mercenary or venal We have just