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Author Harris, Joseph, 1976 August 23- author.

Title Achieving access : professional movements and the politics of health universalism / Joseph Harris
Published Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2017

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Series The culture and politics of health care work
Culture and politics of health care work.
Contents Democratization, elites, and the expansion of access to healthcare and medicine -- Thailand : chasing the dream of free medical care for the sick -- Brazil : against all odds -- South Africa : embracing national health insurance in name only -- Thailand : from village safety to universal access -- Brazil : constituting rights, setting precedents, challenging norms -- South Africa : contesting the luxury of AIDS dissidence
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
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Subject Health services accessibility -- Thailand
Health services accessibility -- Brazil
Health services accessibility -- South Africa
AIDS (Disease) -- Treatment -- Government policy -- Thailand
AIDS (Disease) -- Treatment -- Government policy -- Brazil
AIDS (Disease) -- Treatment -- Government policy -- South Africa
Medical policy -- Thailand
Medical policy -- Brazil
Medical policy -- South Africa
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
MEDICAL -- AIDS & HIV.
AIDS (Disease) -- Treatment -- Government policy
Health services accessibility
Medical policy
SUBJECT Thailand
Subject Brazil
South Africa
Thailand
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017010235
ISBN 9781501714740
1501714740
9781501714832
150171483X
1501709976
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