 Public Health Policy
ISBN: 978-0-7456-2646-8
Hardcover
224 pages
October 2003, Polity
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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.
* 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.
