Lee, Kelley; Buse, Kent; Fustukian, Suzanne. (eds.). 2002. Health Policy in a Globalising World.

Lee, Kelley; Buse, Kent; Fustukian, Suzanne. (eds.). 2002. Health Policy in a Globalising World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 331 p.

Increasing recognition of the impact that globalisation may be having on public health has led to widespread concern about the risks arising from emerging and re-emerging diseases, environmental degradation and demographic change. This book argues that health policymaking is being affected by globalisation and that these effects are, in turn, contributing to the global health issues being faced today.

The book explores how the context, processes, actors and direction of health policy are changing as a result of globalisation, raising concerns about growing differences in who can influence health policy, what priorities are set, what interventions are deemed appropriate and, ultimately, who enjoys good and bad health. The contents in Part One of this collection include the following papers entitled: An introduction to global health policy; The public health implications of multilateral trade agreements; Globalisation and multilateral public-private health partnerships: issues for health policy; Global approaches to private sector provisions: where is the evidence?; Regulation in the context of global health market; Global policy networks: the propagation of healthcare financing reform since the 1980s; The globalisation of health sector reform policies: is 'lesson drawing' part of the process?'; and, Cost-effectiveness analysis and priority-setting: global approach without local message? Part Two includes papers on: Global rhetoric and individual realities: linking violence against women and reproductive health; The globalisation of directly observed therapy: tuberculosis as a global emergency; Ageing and health policy:global perspectives; Workers' health and safety in a globalising world; and, Globalisation, conflict and the humanitarian response. And Part Three is on: Globalisation and health policy: trends and opportunities.

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