03027fam a2200469 a 4500 4050411 BD-DhUL 20140815130357.0 950717s1996 nyua b 001 0 eng 95035298 0470235764 0470235772 (OCoLC)32970268 (OCoLC)ocm32970268 (NNC)4050411 DLC DLC NNC-M OrLoB-B BD-DhUL RA394 .C88 1995 362.1 20 CUH Curtis, Sarah. Health & societies : changing perspectives / Sarah Curtis and Ann Taket. Health and societies London ; New York : Edward Arnold, 1996. xx, 358 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Changing perspectives on health and societies: the example of medical geography -- 2. Changing perspectives on the social construction of health, disease, and illness -- 3. Contesting concepts of health -- 4. Social and spatial inequalities in health -- 5. Reforms in national health systems: changing strategies for equity and efficiency -- 6. Local perspectives on equity and effectiveness of health services -- 7. Action for health gain: the agendas set by public health models -- 8. Setting agendas: health policy formulation and implementation -- 9. The widening international perspective on health -- 10. Towards 2000: issues for a research agenda. 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 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. 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-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. Medical policy Cross-cultural studies. Medical care Cross-cultural studies. Public health Social aspects. Social medicine Cross-cultural studies. World health. Health Policy. Cross-Cultural Comparison. Public Health. Social Medicine. World Health. Taket, A. R. (Ann R.) AUTH TOC ddc BK 3380 3380 0 0 ddc 0 362_100000000000000_CUH 0 NFIC 6274 DUSL DUSL GEN 1990-09-16 Purchese 362.1 CUH 358405 2014-08-15 1 2014-08-15 BK