Why, despite vast resources being expended on health and health care, is there still so much ill health and premature death? Why do massive inequalities in health, both within and between countries, remain? In this devastating critique, internationally renowned health economist Gavin Mooney places the responsibility for these problems firmly at the door of neoliberalism.Mooney analyses how power is exercised both in health-care systems and in society more generally. In doing so, it...

Sağlık hizmetlerine bu kadar çok kaynak ayrılmasına rağmen neden hâlâ bu kadar çok hastalık var ve neden sağlıkta eşitsizlik diz boyu? Bu çarpıcı kitapta, tanınmış sağlık ekonomisti Gavin Mooney, sağlık hizmetinin ekonomi politiğini gözler önüne seriyor. Sağlığın sosyal belirleyicilerinin ne kadar az ele alındığını açığa çıkarıyor. Bu kitap, aralarında Amerika Birleşik Devletleri, İngiltere, Güney Afrika ve Küba'nın da bulunduğu pek çok örnek üzerinden, sağlık politikalarının hizmet ettiği...

This book mounts a critique of current health economics and provides a better way of looking at the economics of health and health care. It argues that health economics has been too dominated by the economics of health care and has largely ignored the impact of poverty, inequality, poor housing, and lack of education on health. It is suggested that some of the structural issues of economies, particularly the individualism of neo liberalism which is becoming more and more pervasive across t...

A century ago, health services absorbed few resources and provided little benefit. Since then, advances in medical knowledge and techniques have escalated both the benefits and the costs. The affordability of health services is being questioned in even the richest countries, and the economic aspects of health policy have become ever more intrusive.Australia is no exception, with its health system now absorbing 19% of all government tax revenue. Familiarity with economic issues - su...

Gives an understanding of the economic theory underlying health economics, supplemented with practical case study material to show how the theory has been applied.

What is the future of Continental philosophy of religion? These forward-looking essays address the new thinkers and movements that have gained prominence since the generation of Derrida, Deleuze, Foucault, and Levinas and how they will reshape Continental philosophy of religion in the years to come. They look at the ways concepts such as liberation, sovereignty, and post-colonialism have engaged this new generation with political theology and the new pathways of thought that have opened in...

Evidence-based medicine is defined as the conscientious explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients. This superb collection will take a critical view of this concept and examine the economic implications of its imposition.