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Tackling health inequalities : lessons from international experiences
- Title
- Tackling health inequalities : lessons from international experiences / edited by Dennis Raphael.
- Publication
- Toronto : Canadian Scholars' Press, 2012.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Raphael, Dennis.
- Description
- xiv, 326 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "Tackling Health Inequalities: Lessons from International Experiences provides a unique perspective on health inequalities in Canada and elsewhere. This exciting new volume brings together experiences from seven wealthy developed nations--the United States, Australia, Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Finland, Norway, and Sweden--to analyze their contrasting approaches to reducing avoidable health problems. Some nations are successfully responding to health inequalities, but Canada is not one of them. Why is this, and what can we learn from other nations?
- Through a political economy lens, Tackling Health Inequalities considers how societal structures and institutions shape the distribution of economic, political, and social resources that affect health disparities amongst the population. The volume then goes on to examine how governing authorities come to either confront or ignore these health inequalities and the conditions that create them. Through these illustrations, it encourages governing authorities that are tackling health inequalities to continue their efforts and directs those that are not--such as in Canada and elsewhere--towards what must be done.
- This groundbreaking text shows the primary lessons from these international experiences: that citizens in Canada and elsewhere need to educate themselves about the importance of tackling health inequalities, and then build the political and social movements that will compel governmental authorities to take action. This volume will serve as a rich resource for professionals and general readers interested in health studies, nursing, social work, public policy, and political economy."--Pub. desc.
- Subjects
- Medical policy
- Études de cas
- Case studies
- Case Reports
- Organizational Case Studies
- Socioeconomic Factors
- Health Policy
- Developed Countries
- Health Status Disparities
- Healthcare Disparities
- Equality > Health aspects > Case studies
- Social medicine > Case studies
- Medical policy > Political aspects > Case studies
- Health services accessibility > Case studies
- Genre/Form
- Case Reports
- Case studies
- Case studies.
- Études de cas.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Issued also in electronic formats.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 The Importance of Tackling Health Inequalities / Dennis Raphael -- ch. 2 American Experiences / Stephen Bezruchka -- ch. 3 Australian Experiences / Angela Lawless -- ch. 4 British and Northern Irish Experiences / Clare Bambra -- ch. 5 Canadian Experiences / Dennis Raphael -- ch. 6 Finnish Experiences / Juha Mikkonen -- ch. 7 Norwegian Experiences / Elisabeth Fosse -- ch. 8 Swedish Experiences / Bo Burstrom -- ch. 9 An Analysis of International Experiences in Tackling Health Inequalities / Dennis Raphael -- ch. 10 Applying the Lessons from International Experiences / Toba Bryant.
- ISBN
- 9781551304120
- 1551304120
- OCLC
- ocn808924375
- 808924375
- SCSB-14660418
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library