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9780340625132 English 0340625139 Throughout the developed and developing world, the organization of health service delivery is undergoing a period of reorganization. The health service professions, under a variety of influences as diverse as the World Health Organization, right-wing governments, feminist and other liberation movements, are renegotiating their approaches to health and illness, emphasizing health promotion and the prevention of illness. This reorientation highlights the relationship between health and social, and economic and environmental factors, and the need to build intersectoral links to achieve these new goals of health promotion and illness prevention., Throughout the world, the organization of health service delivery is undergoing a period of rapid change. The health service professions, under a variety of influences, are renegotiating their approaches to health, emphasizing health promotion and the prevention of illness. This reorientationnecessitates a stronger focus on the effects of social, economic and environmental factors on health, and on building intersectoral links to achieve these new goals.This book examines the study of health, health services and health policy from an interdisciplinary perspective, drawing on the work of medical geographers, sociologists, anthropologists, epidemiologists, and other social scientists. Incorporating a range of examples from both high- and low-incomecountries, the authors identify particularly the issues which demonstrate changing perspectives on health, health services and health policy, and link these to our increasing understanding of different societies and social groups.
9780340625132 English 0340625139 Throughout the developed and developing world, the organization of health service delivery is undergoing a period of reorganization. The health service professions, under a variety of influences as diverse as the World Health Organization, right-wing governments, feminist and other liberation movements, are renegotiating their approaches to health and illness, emphasizing health promotion and the prevention of illness. This reorientation highlights the relationship between health and social, and economic and environmental factors, and the need to build intersectoral links to achieve these new goals of health promotion and illness prevention., Throughout the world, the organization of health service delivery is undergoing a period of rapid change. The health service professions, under a variety of influences, are renegotiating their approaches to health, emphasizing health promotion and the prevention of illness. This reorientationnecessitates a stronger focus on the effects of social, economic and environmental factors on health, and on building intersectoral links to achieve these new goals.This book examines the study of health, health services and health policy from an interdisciplinary perspective, drawing on the work of medical geographers, sociologists, anthropologists, epidemiologists, and other social scientists. Incorporating a range of examples from both high- and low-incomecountries, the authors identify particularly the issues which demonstrate changing perspectives on health, health services and health policy, and link these to our increasing understanding of different societies and social groups.