Achieving Access : Professional Movements and the Politics of Health Universalism /

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At a time when the world's wealthiest nations struggle to make health care and medicine available to everyone, why do resource-constrained countries make costly commitments to universal health coverage and AIDS treatment after transitioning to democracy? Joseph Harris explores the dynamics that...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Harris, Joseph, 1976 August 23- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2017.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Medical policy.
Health services accessibility.
AIDS (Disease) > Treatment > Government policy.
MEDICAL > AIDS & HIV.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Politique sanitaire > Afrique du Sud.
Politique sanitaire > Bresil.
Politique sanitaire > Thaïlande.
Sida > Traitement > Politique gouvernementale > Afrique du Sud.
Sida > Traitement > Politique gouvernementale > Bresil.
Sida > Traitement > Politique gouvernementale > Thaïlande.
Services de sante > Accessibilite > Afrique du Sud.
Services de sante > Accessibilite > Bresil.
Services de sante > Accessibilite > Thaïlande.
Medical policy > South Africa.
Medical policy > Brazil.
Medical policy > Thailand.
AIDS (Disease) > Treatment > Government policy > South Africa.
AIDS (Disease) > Treatment > Government policy > Brazil.
AIDS (Disease) > Treatment > Government policy > Thailand.
Health services accessibility > South Africa.
Health services accessibility > Brazil.
Health services accessibility > Thailand.
Thailand.
South Africa.
Brazil.
Thailand
Electronic books.
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Sumario:At a time when the world's wealthiest nations struggle to make health care and medicine available to everyone, why do resource-constrained countries make costly commitments to universal health coverage and AIDS treatment after transitioning to democracy? Joseph Harris explores the dynamics that made landmark policies possible in Thailand and Brazil but which have led to prolonged struggle and contestation in South Africa. Drawing on firsthand accounts of the people wrestling with these issues, Achieving Access documents efforts to institutionalize universal healthcare and expand access to life-saving medicines in three major industrializing countries. In comparing two separate but related policy areas, Harris finds that democratization empowers elite professionals, such as doctors and lawyers, to advocate for universal health care and treatment for AIDS. Harris's analysis is situated at the intersection of sociology, political science, and public health and will speak to scholars with interests in health policy, comparative politics, social policy, and democracy in the developing world. In light of the growing interest in health insurance generated by implementation of the Affordable Care Act (as well as the coming changes poised to be made to it), Achieving Access will also be useful to policymakers in developing countries and officials working on health policy in the United States.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (284 pages).
ISBN:9781501714832

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