Industrial Relations and Health Services [Hardcover]

Industrial Relations and Health Services (1982) provides a comparative treatment of labour and industrial relations in health services in Canada, Britain and the USA. While there are differences between the systems in these three countries, such differences illuminate the particular responses and policies that need to be made in varying circumstances. It is written by practitioners as well as academics, so that it will provide practical insights into bargaining strategies, labour relations issues and conflict resolution techniques.

Part 1. Labour and Health Care: Introduction? 1. Industrial Relations in the Health Sector A.S. Sethi and S.J. Dimmock? 2. Health Sector Labour Market: Canada, USA and UK M. Gunderson? Part 2. Labour Movement? 3. The Labour Movement in Health Care: Canada R. Sykes and A.S. Sethi? 4. The Labour Movement in Health Care: USA C. Schoen? 5. The Labour Movement in the National Health Service (NHS): UK M. Carpenter? Part 3. Legislation? 6. Legislation Governing Health Industrial Relations: Canada C. Steinberg? 7. Legislation Governing Health Industrial Relations: USA T.C. McKinney and M. Levine? 8. Legislation Governing Industrial Relations in the National Health Service: UK S.D. Alderman, J.H. Angel and R. Mailly? Part 4. Collective Bargaining Experience? 9. Structural Issue of Centralised Bargaining in Health Services: Canada, USA and UK G. Adams, D. Beatty and M. Gunderson? 10. Collective Bargaining Among Nurses: Canada, USA and UK A.S. Sethi, G. Rowsell, N. Solomon and M. Carpenter? 11. Collective Bargaining Among Non-professional and Allied Professional Employees in the Health Sector A.S. Sethi, R.H. Stansel, N. Solomon and Sló1