Issues in the Political Economy of Health Care

Originally published in 1984, this book attempted to fill a gap by providing a broad-ranging structural analysis of the health care sector and the political and economic forces which influence its shape and contents, both in the western world and developing countries.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: The Social Production of Health and Illness 1. Capitalism, Health and Illness 2. A Cultural Account of 'health': Control, Release, and the Social Body Part 2: Capital Interests and the Role of the State 3. The crisis of the International Capitalist Order and Its Implications on the Welfare State Vincente Navarro Part 3: Selected Issues 4. Organizing Medical Care for Profit 5. The Transnational Pharmaceutical Industry and The Health of the World's People6. Physicians and their Sponsors: The New Medical Relations of Production Part 4: The Penetration of the Developing World By the Transnational Medical Industrial Complex 7. The Political Economy of Western Medicine in Third World Countries.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

John B. McKinlay was Professor of Sociology and Research Professor of Medicine at Boston University, USA.

Zusammenfassung

Originally published in 1984, this book attempted to fill a gap by providing a broad-ranging structural analysis of the health care sector and the political and economic forces which influence its shape and contents, both in the western world and developing countries.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: John B. Mckinlay
• Mitarbeit: John B. Mckinlay (Herausgeber), McKinlay John B. (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.06.2024
• EAN: 9781032257570
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3225757-0
• Seiten: 302
• Serie: Routledge Library Editions: Health, Disease and Society
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Pädagogik > Sozialpädagogik, Soziale Arbeit; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie; Sociology, HEALTH & FITNESS / Health Care Issues, MEDICAL / Health Policy, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Medical Sociology, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects