LEADER 03991 am 2200673 n 450 001 9910328153103321 005 20190513 010 $a979-1-03-653455-3 024 7 $a10.4000/books.cidehus.8271 035 $a(CKB)4100000008496725 035 $a(FrMaCLE)OB-cidehus-8271 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/49153 035 $a(PPN)236939424 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008496725 100 $a20190619j|||||||| ||| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $auu||||||m|||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHealth Care and Government Policy /$fLaurinda Abreu 210 $aÉvora $cPublicações do Cidehus$d2019 330 $aGovernment policy refers primarily to the actions planned and implemented by the executive branch of a state to meet its society?s needs. One of the most demanding areas both for policy makers and in terms of people?s expectations is health, which social analysts and historians place among the most dynamic sectors over the last century. This is the focus of this book. It includes examinations of two of the most pressing issues facing national healthcare services today ? ?Health systems at the stage of complexity: the need for collaborative intelligence? by Constantino Sakellarides et al. and ?Longer and better lives: the European fountain of youth? by Patrice Bourdelais ? alongside historical analyses covering both earlier periods ? ?Not just one countryside: life chances in pre-industrial Sweden? by Jan Sundin and ?Health care and poor relief in Portugal: an historical perspective? by Laurinda Abreu ? and more recent times ? ?The roots of the health reform in Spain? by Enrique Perdiguero-Gil e Josep M. Comelles. As the authors in this volume show in detail, population growth and increased quality of life have been among the greatest achievements of the second half of the twentieth century, but they should not be taken for granted. The fragility of these gains has been demonstrated statistically. The state has to invest in the public policies that best protect its citizens, particularly at times of low economic growth such as we are now experiencing, and take preventive action to preclude major social and economic costs. Civil society plays no less important a role in protecting the greater good of social cohesion. In short, both state and civil society need to consider future health policy in such a way as to overcome the inefficiencies of the past and make full use of the opportunities offered by science and technology to improve people?s quality of life. 606 $aPublic Administration 606 $aHealth Policy & Services 606 $ahealth care 606 $apublic policy 606 $anational health service 606 $acivil society 606 $ahistorical analyses 610 $acivil society 610 $ahistorical analyses 610 $anational health service 610 $ahealth care 610 $apublic policy 615 4$aPublic Administration 615 4$aHealth Policy & Services 615 4$ahealth care 615 4$apublic policy 615 4$anational health service 615 4$acivil society 615 4$ahistorical analyses 700 $aAbreu$b Laurinda$01201974 701 $aBarbosa$b Patrícia$01282780 701 $aBourdelais$b Patrice$0253239 701 $aComelles$b Josep M$01282781 701 $aEscoval$b Ana$01282782 701 $aMiranda$b Débora$01282783 701 $aPedro$b Ana Rita$01282784 701 $aPerdiguero-Gil$b Enrique$01282785 701 $aSakellarides$b Constantino$01282786 701 $aSantos$b Ana Isabel$01282787 701 $aSundin$b Jan$01282788 701 $aAbreu$b Laurinda$01201974 801 0$bFR-FrMaCLE 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910328153103321 996 $aHealth Care and Government Policy$93018884 997 $aUNINA