Overview
This volume provides a new and innovative overview of the key debates relating to public health policy in the UK and sets out the policy implications for the future, offering a way forward based on the concept of managing for health.
* A timely and innovative overview of the key debates relating to public health policy in the UK.
* explains that health-care services are not the principal determinants of health, and asks why, therefore, they absorb the bulk of resources and attention of policy-makers.
* Argues that a paradigm shift is needed if current health policy biases are to be confronted.
* Uses examples from Europe and Canada, where a similar policy imbalance exists.
* Sets out the policy implications for the future and offers a way forward based on the concept of managing for health.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780745626475
- ISBN-10: 0745626475
- Publisher: Polity Press
- Publish Date: October 2003
- Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.96 x 0.64 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.73 pounds
- Page Count: 224
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