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Health and globalization / Geoffrey B. Cockerham, William C. Cockerham.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge ; Malden, Mass. : Polity Press, 2010Description: viii, 215 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0745645127
  • 9780745645124
  • 0745645135
  • 9780745645131
Other title:
  • Health and globalisation
  • Health & globalization [Cover title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.1042 22
LOC classification:
  • RA
  • RA441 .C63 2010
Contents:
Defining globalization -- Globalization : health benefits and risks -- Globalization and disease -- Globalization and health care : the United States -- Globalization and health care in selected countries -- Actors in Global health governance -- Global health governance : public goods and collective action.
Summary: This accessible book examines the multidimensional influence of globalization on human health and disease. The acceleration of globalization since the end of the Cold War has had numerous far-reaching impacts on health-related issues, both social and political, and as this book shows, globalization continues to present both positive and negative implications for the state of human health. In Health and Globalization, Geoffrey and William Cockerham focus on the relationships between globalization and a variety of health-related topics including the spread of Western medicine, the rise of medical tourism, and adverse effects on the environment. Particular attention is paid to issues of contemporary urgency such as the spread of pandemics and the role of global health governance, as well as reviewing changes in health care delivery systems in the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, China, Russia, and selected developing countries. The book provides a readable account of the many actors involved in global health, analyzing the interactions of national governments, governmental and nongovernmental organizations, and multinational corporations in addressing global health issues. -- Publisher Description.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-205) and index.

Defining globalization -- Globalization : health benefits and risks -- Globalization and disease -- Globalization and health care : the United States -- Globalization and health care in selected countries -- Actors in Global health governance -- Global health governance : public goods and collective action.

This accessible book examines the multidimensional influence of globalization on human health and disease. The acceleration of globalization since the end of the Cold War has had numerous far-reaching impacts on health-related issues, both social and political, and as this book shows, globalization continues to present both positive and negative implications for the state of human health. In Health and Globalization, Geoffrey and William Cockerham focus on the relationships between globalization and a variety of health-related topics including the spread of Western medicine, the rise of medical tourism, and adverse effects on the environment. Particular attention is paid to issues of contemporary urgency such as the spread of pandemics and the role of global health governance, as well as reviewing changes in health care delivery systems in the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, China, Russia, and selected developing countries. The book provides a readable account of the many actors involved in global health, analyzing the interactions of national governments, governmental and nongovernmental organizations, and multinational corporations in addressing global health issues. -- Publisher Description.

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