| Description |
1 online resource (226 pages) |
| Contents |
About the author; More praise for The Health of Nations; Acknowledgements; Preface; PART I / Introduction; Introduction: neoliberalism kills; Map of the book; PART II / Why are things so bad?; 1 Why has the economics of health-care policy gone wrong?; In health care, who decides -- about what?; Current political economy of health care; More observations on current health-care economics; Conclusion; 2 Why have broader policies affecting health been inadequate?; Shifting power; The WHO's Commission on Social Determinants of Health; The state and the market; Conclusion |
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3 The malaise of neoliberalism in health, health care and health economicsNeoliberalism; Neoliberalism and health care; 4 Neoliberalism, the global institutions and health; Introduction; The World Health Organization; The World Trade Organization; The World Bank; The IMF; Conclusion; PART III / Case studies; 5 The US: the fear of 'socialised' health care; Public intellectuals discuss the reforms; The reforms; Ethics and values; Conclusion; 6 The UK National Health Service and the market; The formation of the NHS; Market reform; Experience elsewhere; The public sector ethos; A final word |
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7 South Africa, neoliberalism and HIV/AIDSHIV/AIDS and the pharmaceutical industry; South African health care; South African health; Some parallels with the UK; Conclusion; 8 Australia and victim blaming; The Preventative Health Taskforce; The corporatisation of government?; So what might be done?; Conclusion; 9 Local community versus corporation; Health policy and the corporatisation of government; Yarloop, Alcoa and the corporatisation of the West Australian government; University capture; Conclusion; 10 The pharmaceutical industry; What to do?; Reacting to Big Pharma; Conclusion |
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11 Neoliberalism and global warmingMap: Estimated deaths attributed to climate change in the year 2000, by subregion; Global warming, health and political economy; How did it happen?; South Africa, the World Bank and coal; So what is the answer?; PART IV / Solutions; 12 The solutions in theory: communitarian claims; Communitarianism; Levels of preferences; Communitarian claims; Claims in practice; Conclusion; 13 The solutions in health care; How to build on communitarian claims in health care; A political economy of health care; A constitution for health care; Citizens' juries; Conclusion |
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14 The solutions in society more generallyThe end of neoliberalism?; Some principles; Power and values; Social institutions and compassion; PART V / How things might get better; 15 Kerala: community participation; Kerala's health; Why so good?; Some vignettes in Kerala; Coca-Cola and Kerala; Conclusion; 16 Cuban health care and social determinants of health: just too good for the US?; Cuban health and health care; Cuban health and the US; Conclusion; 17 Venezuela: power to the community; The revolution in Venezuelan health care; Does it work?; Transferable elsewhere?; Conclusion |
| Summary |
Why, despite the vast resources spent on health care, is there still so much ill health and health inequality? In this devastating critique, internationally renowned health economist Gavin Mooney spotlights the political economy of health care. He also reveals how too little is done to address the social determinants of health. Using numerous case studies, this provocative book makes a compelling case for the need to re-evaluate how we approach health and health care globally |
| Notes |
PART VI / Conclusion |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Medical economics.
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Politics, Practical.
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Health Policy -- economics
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Politics
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State Medicine -- economics
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Economics, Medical
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politics.
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Public health & preventive medicine.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Politics, Practical
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Medical economics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012471753 |
| ISBN |
9781780320618 |
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1780320612 |
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128037862X |
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9781280378621 |
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1780320604 |
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9781780320601 |
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1780320590 |
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9781780320595 |
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9781780320625 |
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1780320620 |
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