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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451072603321

Autore

Sheaff Rod.

Titolo

The need for healthcare / / Rod Sheaff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996

ISBN

1-280-33310-3

0-203-02033-2

1-134-85439-0

9786610333103

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Collana

Social Ethics and Policy

Disciplina

174.2

362.1/01

Soggetti

Medical policy - Moral and ethical aspects - Great Britain

Medical care - Needs assessment

Need (Philosophy)

Right to health

Medical policy

Health Services Needs and Demand

Health Policy

Human Rights

Electronic books.

United Kingdom

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-224) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; WHY A THEORY OF NEEDS?; WHAT KIND OF THEORY OF NEEDS?; NEEDS, NATURE AND SOCIETY; HEALTH NEEDS; DOES DOCTOR KNOW BEST?; NEEDS AND NORMALITY; DILEMMAS FOR HEALTH WORKERS; WHAT KIND OF HEALTH SYSTEM?; NEEDS, HEALTH AND MORALITY; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The rhetoric of 'needs' has been used to legitimate all major turns in UK health policy since 1936. This study identifies the ethical, policy and technical issues arising from the concept of needs. In the first part a



theory of needs is developed, which takes into account both the philosophical traditions and the practical problems arising in daily health care. In a second part, health systems throughout the world are described and compared, addressing ethical as well as economical questions. Its interdisciplinary approach will make The Need for Healthcare important reading not on

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910150307703321

Titolo

Tunisia : social, economic and environmental issues / / Eunice Wagner, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hauppauge, New York : , : Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

1-5361-0077-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (166 pages)

Collana

African political, economic, and security issues

Disciplina

330.9611

Soggetti

Sustainable development - Tunisia

Electronic books.

Tunisia Economic conditions

Tunisia Social conditions

Tunisia Environmental conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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performances and economic analysis of solar water heating systems feasibility for domestic applications in Tunisia / Majdi Hazami, Nabiha Naili, Issam Attar, and Abdelhamid Farhat -- Performances prediction of a (PV/T) solar collector integrated in individual Tunisian households / Majdi Hazami, Farah Mehdaoui, Omeima Nouicer, Nabiha Naili, and Abdelhamid Farhat -- Are current wastewater treatments enough to avoid public health problems in Tunisia? / Imen Ouardani, Mahjoub Aouni and Jesús L. Romalde -- Climate change effects on evapotranspiration estimated by different empirical models under Mediterranean environment / Latrech Basma, Ghazouani Hiba, Mguidich Amel, Douh Mhamdi Boutheina, Boujelben Abdelhamid.