Public Health Policy

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ISBN-10:

0745626467

ISBN-13:

9780745626468

Author(s): Hunter, David
Edition: 1
Released: Oct 10, 2003
Publisher: Polity
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
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Description:

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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