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Public Health Policy

Public Health Policy

Hunter, David

Paperback

Medical ReferenceGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 0745626475
ISBN13: 9780745626475
Publisher: Polity Pr
Published: Oct 17 2003
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.64 Width: 5.96 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
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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