| Description |
1 online resource (xxx, 331 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
An introduction to global health policy / Kelley Lee, Suzanne Fustukian and Kent Buse -- The public health implications of multilateral trade agreements / M. Kent Ranson [and others] -- Globalisation and multilateral public-private health partnerships: issues for health policy / Kent Buse and Gill Walt -- Global solutions to local health problems: where is the evidence? The case of private health care providers in developing countries / Ruairi Brugha and Anthony B. Zwi -- Regulation in the context of global health markets / Lilani Kumaranayake and Sally Lake -- Global policy networks: the propagation of health care financing reform since the 1980s / Kelley Lee and Hilary Goodman -- The globalisation of health sector reform policies: is 'lesson drawing' part of the process? / Barbara McPake -- Cost-effectiveness analysis and priority setting: global approach without local meaning? / Lilani Kumaranayake and Damian Walker -- Global rhetoric and individual realities: linking violence against women and reproductive health / Susannah Mayhew and Charlotte Watts -- The globalisation of DOTS: tuberculosis as a global emergency / John Porter, Kelley Lee and Jessica Ogden -- Ageing and health policy: global perspectives / Peter Lloyd-Sherlock -- Workers health and safety in a globalising world / Suzanne Fustukian, Dinesh Sethi and Anthony B. Zwi -- Globalisation, conflict and the humanitarian response / Anthony B. Zwi, Suzanne Fustukian and Dinesh Sethi -- Globalisation and health policy: trends and opportunities / Kent Buse, Nick Drager, Suzanne Fustukian and Kelley Lee. |
| Summary |
Increasing recognition of the impact globalisation is having on public health has led to widespread concern about the risks arising from emerging and re-emerging diseases, environmental degradation and demographic change. A distinguished international team of contributors explores these issues within a wide range of topics and geographic regions. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
World health.
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Globalization -- Health aspects.
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Medical policy.
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World Health. |
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Health Policy. |
| Indexed Term |
Salud mundial. |
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Globalización Aspectos sanitarios. |
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Política sanitaria. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Lee, Kelley, 1962-
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Buse, Kent.
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Fustukian, Suzanne, 1953-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Health policy in a globalising world. New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2002 0521804191 052100943X (DLC) 2001035097 (OCoLC)46713273 |
| ISBN |
0511063695 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511063695 (electronic bk.) |
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0511072155 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511072154 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader) |
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0521804191 (hb) |
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052100943X (pbk.) |
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