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The health of nations [[electronic resource] ] : towards a new political economy / / Gavin Mooney ; with a preface by Vicente Navarro
| The health of nations [[electronic resource] ] : towards a new political economy / / Gavin Mooney ; with a preface by Vicente Navarro |
| Autore | Mooney Gavin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | x, 212 p |
| Disciplina | 338.433621 |
| Soggetto topico |
Medical economics
Health Policy - economics Politics State Medicine - economics Public health & preventive medicine |
| ISBN |
1-350-22321-2
1-280-37862-X 9786613556530 1-78032-061-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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.
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. 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. 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. 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789933403321 |
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| London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The health of nations [[electronic resource] ] : towards a new political economy / / Gavin Mooney ; with a preface by Vicente Navarro
| The health of nations [[electronic resource] ] : towards a new political economy / / Gavin Mooney ; with a preface by Vicente Navarro |
| Autore | Mooney Gavin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | x, 212 p |
| Disciplina | 338.433621 |
| Soggetto topico |
Medical economics
Health Policy - economics Politics State Medicine - economics Public health & preventive medicine |
| ISBN |
1-350-22321-2
1-280-37862-X 9786613556530 1-78032-061-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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.
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. 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. 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. 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810413503321 |
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Mooney Gavin
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| London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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