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Informationen zum Autor CHRISTA ALTENSTETTER The City University of New York's Graduate School and Queen's College, USARAMA V. BARU Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, IndiaINNA BLAM Institute of Economics and Engineering, Russian Acdemy of Sciences, RussiaSUDIP CHAUDHURI Indian Institute of Management, IndiaLUCY GILSON Centre for Health Policy, University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaCELIA IRIART Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico, USAREBECA JASSO-AGUILAR Department of Sociology, University of New Mexico, USATAUSI KIDA Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF), TanzaniaMAMADOU KANI KONATÉ Centre d'Appui à la Recherche et à la Formation (CAREF), MaliBAKARY KANTÉ Director, Division of Policy Development and Law (DPDL), United Nations Environment Programme, KenyaSEREGY KOVALEV Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering, Russian Academy of Sciences, RussiaHUCK-JU KWON UNRISD, SwitzerlandANGELA LANDWEHR Member, MPH Professional Paper Committee, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, USAASA CRISTINA LAURELL Minister of Health for Mexico City, MexicoJANE LETHBRIDGE The Business School, University of Greenwich, UKKWADWO MENSAH Health and Human Resource Management Consultant, GhanaLUISA MUSSOT Office of the Secretary of Health of the Federal District, MexicoEEVA OLLILA Globalism and Social Policy Programme, SKATES,FinlandKASTURI SEN Institute of Public Health, Department of Public Health, University of Cambridge, UKABLA MEHIO-SIBAI Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics,Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, LebanonQIANG SUN Center for Health Management and Policy, Shandong University, ChinaBYONGHO TCHOE Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, KoreaHAROON WADEE Centre for Health Policy, University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaHOWARD WAITZKIN Health Sciences Center, University of New Mexico, USAEDUARDO ZEPEDA UNDP International Poverty Center, Brazil Klappentext Based on original research and analysis by a group of health policy experts and economists from across the world, this book analyzes the causes and consequences of the expanding global and local commercialization of health care. It argues for the necessity and possibility of effective policy responses to develop good quality, universally inclusive health systems worldwide. The book aims to contribute to a shift in the international 'common sense' in health policy towards a more humane, inclusive, egalitarian, and ethical framework for policy formulation. Zusammenfassung Based on original research and analysis by a group of health policy experts and economists from across the world, this book analyzes the causes and consequences of the expanding global and local commercialization of health care. It argues for the necessity and possibility of effective policy responses to develop good quality, universally inclusive health systems worldwide. The book aims to contribute to a shift in the international 'common sense' in health policy towards a more humane, inclusive, egalitarian, and ethical framework for policy formulation. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures and Tables Foreword Preface and Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors PART 1: COMMERCIALIZATION: NATURE, CAUSES AND EFFECTS HEALTH SYSTEMS AND COMMERCIALIZATION Health Systems and Commercialization: In Search of Good Sense; M.Mackintosh & M.Koivusalo GLOBALIZATION IN HEALTH CARE: STRATEGIES OF MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS Strategies of Multinational Health Care Companies in Europe and Asia; J.Lethbridge Multinational Companies and Health Care in the United States and Latin America: Strategies, Actions and Effects; R.Jasso-Aguilar, H.Waitzkin & A.Landwehr TRANSNATIONALIZATION AND COMMERCIALIZATION IN MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES HEALTH CARE The Transnationalization of the Health Care System i...
