Application of Systems Thinking to Health Policy & Public Health Ethics - Public Health and Private Illness

This book looks at health policy through the lens of public versus private: population health versus the somatic, social, or emotional experiences of a patient. Rather than presenting policy/ethics as overly technical, this book takes a novel approach of framing public and private health in terms of political philosophy, ethics, and popular examples. Each chapter ties back to the general ethics or political literature as applicable, which are not customarily parts of the current public health curriculum. The author's work on the Orgcomplexity blog has touched on this subject by systemically exploring public policy issues, and the tone of this book mimics the blog with an extension of the arguments.

List of contents

Introduction.- The Justice League of Health: Flexing Policy's Muscle.- Health Systems and Policy as the "Price is Right".- Public versus Private: Stop Stepping on My Toes.- The Sting of Public Health.- Is it Yours, Mine and Ours?.- Building on What We've Started.- Conclusion.

Report

"This interdisciplinary overview of current public health issues focuses on healthcare systems, infectious disease, health disparities, healthcare policy, policy development, and the effects of those policies. ... The audience is anyone interested in public health and healthcare policy. ... This is a useful book for gaining a basic understanding of the multifaceted features of public health policies and their implications." (Tyler Zahrli, Doody's Book Reviews, December, 2015)

Product details

• Authors: Michele Battle-Fisher
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.12.2014
• EAN: 9783319122021
• ISBN: 978-3-31-912202-1
• No. of pages: 100
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 240 mm x 6 mm
• Weight: 188 g
• Illustrations: XI, 100 p. 8 illus.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Public Health; SpringerBriefs in Public Health Ethics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; C, Medicine, Ethics, Medicine: general issues, Public Health, Ethics & moral philosophy, Bioethics, Medical Ethics, Health Sciences, Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics, Theory of Medicine/Bioethics