LEADER 04321nam 2200733 450 001 9910794981703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-5017-0997-6 010 $a1-5017-1483-X 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501714832 035 $a(CKB)4340000000195872 035 $a(OCoLC)974487837 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse65437 035 $a(DLC) 2017010235 035 $a(DE-B1597)496547 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501714832 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4987883 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11449362 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL1040460 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4987883 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000195872 100 $a20170228d2017 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAchieving access $eprofessional movements and the politics of health universalism /$fJoseph Harris 210 1$aIthaca :$cILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (pages cm.) 225 1 $aThe culture and politics of health care work 311 $a1-5017-1474-0 311 $a1-5017-0996-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aDemocratization, 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. 330 $aAt a time when the world's wealthiest nations struggle to make health care and medicine available to everyone, why do resource-constrained countries make costly commitments to universal health coverage and AIDS treatment after transitioning to democracy? Joseph Harris explores the dynamics that made landmark policies possible in Thailand and Brazil but which have led to prolonged struggle and contestation in South Africa. Drawing on firsthand accounts of the people wrestling with these issues, Achieving Access documents efforts to institutionalize universal healthcare and expand access to life-saving medicines in three major industrializing countries. In comparing two separate but related policy areas, Harris finds that democratization empowers elite professionals, such as doctors and lawyers, to advocate for universal health care and treatment for AIDS. Harris's analysis is situated at the intersection of sociology, political science, and public health and will speak to scholars with interests in health policy, comparative politics, social policy, and democracy in the developing world. In light of the growing interest in health insurance generated by implementation of the Affordable Care Act (as well as the coming changes poised to be made to it), Achieving Access will also be useful to policymakers in developing countries and officials working on health policy in the United States. 410 0$aCulture and politics of health care work. 606 $aHealth services accessibility$zThailand 606 $aHealth services accessibility$zBrazil 606 $aHealth services accessibility$zSouth Africa 606 $aAIDS (Disease)$xTreatment$xGovernment policy$zThailand 606 $aAIDS (Disease)$xTreatment$xGovernment policy$zBrazil 606 $aAIDS (Disease)$xTreatment$xGovernment policy$zSouth Africa 606 $aMedical policy$zThailand 606 $aMedical policy$zBrazil 606 $aMedical policy$zSouth Africa 615 0$aHealth services accessibility 615 0$aHealth services accessibility 615 0$aHealth services accessibility 615 0$aAIDS (Disease)$xTreatment$xGovernment policy 615 0$aAIDS (Disease)$xTreatment$xGovernment policy 615 0$aAIDS (Disease)$xTreatment$xGovernment policy 615 0$aMedical policy 615 0$aMedical policy 615 0$aMedical policy 676 $a362.1 700 $aHarris$b Joseph$f1976 August 23-$01518350 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910794981703321 996 $aAchieving access$93755888 997 $aUNINA