Globalisation, Markets and Healthcare Policy: Redrawing the Patient as Consumer

ISBN-13: 9780415417020 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 200 str.

Jonathan Tritter;Meri Koivusalo;Eeva Ollila

Opis

This book explores the extent to which globalization and commercialization relate to current and emerging health policies, looking at the implications for citizens, patients and social rights, as well as how policy-making interacts with the interests of global trade and economic policies.

Topics discussed include:

• how the impact of globalization on health systems is apparent in the influence of international actors and European policies
• how the impact of globalization is mediated by national priorities and policies and is therefore reflected in diverse influences
• how commercialization of health is presented as benefiting citizens and patients but has the potential to undermine the aims of health systems
• how the role of citizens' interests, social rights, patients' rights and priorities of patient and public involvement need to be separated from commercialization, choice and consumerism in health care.

Essential reading for policy makers and students of public policy, politics, law and health services, Globalisation, Markets and Healthcare Policy will also appeal to those interested in international healthcare, international relations, trans-national organizations and the EU.

Recenzje

'[This book] systematically reveals the shadowy global and European economic forces impelling national governments towards growing commercialisation of public health care under the banner of "consumer choice". The authors show this is neither what most people want from health care, nor the best way to deal with current policy pressures. They highlight the threats that current developments pose, and convincingly show there is a better road to patient and user empowerment' - Mick Carpenter, University of Warwick, UK

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Analysing Patient and Public Involvement and Health Policy  2. National Health Systems: From Public Provision to Market Competition  3. From Patients to Consumers  4. Globalisation and Global Policy Influences: Mapping the Big Picture  5. The European Union: Trading in Healthcare or Building a Healthier Europe?  6. England: From NHS to PLC  7. Sweden: A Market Orientation to the Welfare State  8. Finland: Privatisation in the Context of Decentralised Service Provision  9. Comparison between Countries - Is There a Common Concern?  10. Current Trends in Commercialisation and Consumerism in Health  11. Challenges for the Future - People and Public Finances  12. Citizens, Patients and Consumers: Critical Reflections on Globalisation, Markets and Healthcare Policy