02950fam a2200433 a 45000010008000000030008000080050017000160080041000330100017000740200015000910200015001060350020001210350023001410350017001640400038001810500021002190820019002401000019002592450079002782460025003572600048003823000033004305040051004635050681005145200464011955200238016595200300018976500044021976500042022416500035022836500045023186500018023636500019023816500031024006500019024316500021024506500018024717000027024894050411BD-DhUL20140815130357.0950717s1996    nyua     b    001 0 eng    a   95035298   a0470235764  a0470235772  a(OCoLC)32970268  a(OCoLC)ocm32970268  a(NNC)4050411  aDLCcDLCdNNC-MdOrLoB-BdBD-DhUL00aRA394b.C88 199500a362.1220bCUH1 aCurtis, Sarah.10aHealth & societies :bchanging perspectives /cSarah Curtis and Ann Taket.3 aHealth and societies  aLondon ;aNew York :bEdward Arnold,c1996.  axx, 358 p. :bill. ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.00g1.tChanging perspectives on health and societies: the example of medical geography --g2.tChanging perspectives on the social construction of health, disease, and illness --g3.tContesting concepts of health --g4.tSocial and spatial inequalities in health --g5.tReforms in national health systems: changing strategies for equity and efficiency --g6.tLocal perspectives on equity and effectiveness of health services --g7.tAction for health gain: the agendas set by public health models --g8.tSetting agendas: health policy formulation and implementation --g9.tThe widening international perspective on health --g10.tTowards 2000: issues for a research agenda.  aThroughout 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 reorientation necessitates a stronger focus on the effects of social, economic and environmental factors on health, and on building intersectoral links to achieve these new goals.8 aThis 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.8 aIncorporating a range of examples from both high- and low-income countries, 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. 0aMedical policyvCross-cultural studies. 0aMedical carevCross-cultural studies. 0aPublic healthxSocial aspects. 0aSocial medicinevCross-cultural studies. 0aWorld health. 2aHealth Policy. 2aCross-Cultural Comparison. 2aPublic Health. 2aSocial Medicine. 2aWorld Health.1 aTaket, A. R.q(Ann R.)