Public Health Policy
Samenvatting
This volume provides a new and innovative overview of the key debates relating to public health policy in the UK and sets out the policy implications for the future, offering a way forward based on the concept of managing for health.
? A timely and innovative overview of the key debates relating to public health policy in the UK.
? explains that health–care services are not the principal determinants of health, and asks why, therefore, they absorb the bulk of resources and attention of policy–makers.
? Argues that a paradigm shift is needed if current health policy biases are to be confronted.
? Uses examples from Europe and Canada, where a similar policy imbalance exists.
? Sets out the policy implications for the future and offers a way forward based on the concept of managing for health.
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<p>Preface.</p>
<p>Acknowledgements.</p>
<p>1. Introduction And Approach:.</p>
<p>Some Simple Truths About Health Systems.</p>
<p>Policy Dilemmas And Wicked Issues .</p>
<p>The Politics Of Health Policy.</p>
<p>The Depoliticisation Of Health Policy.</p>
<p>Plan Of Book.</p>
<p>2. The Relationship Between Health And Health Care:.</p>
<p>Introduction.</p>
<p>Defining Health.</p>
<p>The Emergence Of The New Public Health.</p>
<p>Barriers To Progress.</p>
<p>Some Lessons From Lalonde.</p>
<p>The Post–Lalonde Era.</p>
<p>The UK Experience.</p>
<p>Conclusion.</p>
<p>3. Managing Medicine:.</p>
<p>Introduction.</p>
<p>Managing For What?.</p>
<p>The New Rationalism And Health.</p>
<p>The Rise Of Managerialism In Health Policy.</p>
<p>Managing Doctors.</p>
<p>Criticisms Of New Public Management.</p>
<p>Implications For Health Policy.</p>
<p>Last Word: Medicine, Management And Health.</p>
<p>4. Managing For Health:.</p>
<p>Introduction.</p>
<p>What Is Public Health?.</p>
<p>The Evolution Of The Public Health Function.</p>
<p>Public Health: A Specialty Or An Arena?.</p>
<p>A Response To Implementation Failure.</p>
<p>Approaches To Joined–Up Policy And Practice.</p>
<p>Conclusion.</p>
<p>5. Health Policy In A Devolved Polity Within Europe:.</p>
<p>Introduction.</p>
<p>The Impact Of Devolution.</p>
<p>The Impact Of Europe.</p>
<p>Conclusion.</p>
<p>6. Moving Out Of The Ghetto:.</p>
<p>Introduction.</p>
<p>That Is To Be Done?.</p>
<p>Towards Implementing A Policy For Health.</p>
<p>Managerial Capacity Building.</p>
<p>Last Word.</p>
<p>References.</p>
<p>Index</p>