1. Remaking a Trustworthy Medical Profession in Twenty-first Century Britain? 2. Changing Forms of Managerialism in the NHS: Hierarchies, Markets and Networks 3. The Restratification of Primary Care in England? A Sociological Analysis 4. Visions of Privatization: New Labour and the Reconstruction of the NHS 5. The Pharmaceutical Industry, the State and the NHS 6. Evidence-based Practice in UK Health Policy7. Innovation and Implementation in Health Technology 8. Health Care, Consumerism and the Politics of Identity 9. Mainstream Marginality: `Non-orthodox’ Medicine in an `Orthodox’ Health Service10. Social Care: Relationships, Markets and Ethics 11. Equalizing the People’s Health: a Sociological Perspective