Turning the World Upside Down - The Search for Global Health in the 21st Century

Turning the World Upside Down is a search for understanding that helps us to see how Western Scientific Medicine, which has served us so well for us in the 20th Century, needs to adapt and evolve to cope with the demands of the 21st Century. It sets out a new vision and concludes by describing the actions we need to take to accelerate the change.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Health and poverty 3. Health and wealth 4. Unfair trade (1) – exporting health workers 5. Unfair trade (2) – importing ideas and ideology 6. Learning from low- and middle-income countries 7. Practical knowledge for the twenty-first century (1) – people and patients 8. Practical knowledge for the twenty-first century (2) – science and systems 9. The paradigm shift to global health 10. Action

Summary

This book is a description of what is happening now and of the things which innovative global health workers, leaders and politicians are doing today. It describes people learning how to work more effectively and how to have a greater impact.

Product details

• Authors: Crisp, Lord Nigel Crisp, Nigel Crisp, Nigel (House of Lords and All Party Parliam Crisp
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138445369
• ISBN: 978-1-138-44536-9
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General