International Health and Aid Policies : the Need for Alternatives.

Using international case studies to critique recent health and aid policies, this book presents strategies to create fairer health services.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Unger, Jean-Pierre, 1954-
Otros Autores: Paepe, Pierre de, Sen, Kasturi, Soors, Werner
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Temas:
Public health > International cooperation.
World health.
Poor > Medical care.
Medically underserved areas.
Medical policy.
Global Health
Health Policy
Santé publique > Coopération internationale.
Santé mondiale.
Pauvres > Soins médicaux.
Régions sous-médicalisées.
Politique sanitaire.
Medical policy
Medically underserved areas
Poor > Medical care
Public health > International cooperation
World health
Developing countries.
Developing countries
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Biographies; Notices; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Reviews; Introduction Overview and purpose; Section 1 Paradigms of international policies; Section 2 The failure of the aid paradigm: poor disease control in developing countries; Section 3 Impact of international health policies on access to health in middle-income countries: some experiences from Latin A; Section 4 Determinants and implications of new liberal health policies: the case of India, China and Lebanon.
  • Section 5 Principles for alternative, publicly oriented health care policies, planning, management and deliverySection 6 A public health, strategic toolkit to implement these alternatives; Conclusions; Glossary; Index.

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