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Subject(s)

• Public health—Economic aspects [Browse]

Summary note

Why, despite vast resources being expended on health and health care, is there still so much ill health? Why do massive inequalities in health remain? The Health of Nationsanalyzes how power is exercised both in health care systems and in society more generally. It reveals how too many vested interests hinder efficient and equit.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Machine generated contents note: pt. I Introduction
• Introduction: neoliberalism kills
• pt. II Why are things so bad?
• 1.Why has the economics of health-care policy gone wrong?
• 2.Why have broader policies affecting health been inadequate?
• 3.The malaise of neoliberalism in health, health care and health economics
• 4.Neoliberalism, the global institutions and health
• pt. III Case studies
• 5.The US: the fear of `socialised' health care
• 6.The UK National Health Service and the market
• 7.South Africa, neoliberalism and HIV/AIDS
• 8.Australia and victim blaming
• 9.Local community versus corporation
• 10.The pharmaceutical industry
• 11.Neoliberalism and global warming
• pt. IV Solutions
• 12.The solutions in theory: communitarian claims
• 13.The solutions in health care
• 14.The solutions in society more generally
• pt. V How things might get better
• 15.Kerala: community participation --
• Contents note continued: 16.Cuban health care and social determinants of health: just too good for the US?
• 17.Venezuela: power to the community
• pt. VI Conclusion
• Conclusion: can we change?.

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ISBN

• 9781780320601 (hardback)
• 1780320604 (hardback)
• 9781780320595 (pbk.)
• 1780320590 (pbk.)

OCLC

787404879

Other standard number

40020962828

RCP

C - S

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