Making Health Public (eBook)

A Manifesto for a New Social Contract

David J. Hunter, Jacqueline Johnson, Toslima Khatun, Peter Littlejohns, Albert Weale (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023 | 1., First Edition
120 Seiten
Bristol University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4473-7127-4 (ISBN)

Infos

With a public health crisis gripping the UK, this book examines the organisational and political barriers to an effective public health system and determines that a new social contract is needed, in which health policy is truly public.

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A public health crisis is gripping the UK. Improvements in life expectancy have stalled, health inequalities have widened, obesity and alcohol misuse are placing an increasing strain on health services and urban air pollution is now widely recognised as a serious health hazard. COVID-19 revealed the weaknesses of the UK's public health system, once thought to be among the best in the world. Against this background, this book examines the organisational and political barriers to an effective public health system showcased through the UK. It urges that what is needed is a new social contract, in which health policy is truly public.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.11.2023
• Verlagsort: Bristol
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 130 x 130 mm
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Covid • health policy • Pandemic • Public Health • Public Health England • public health reform • Public Policy
• ISBN-10: 1-4473-7127-5 / 1447371275
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4473-7127-4 / 9781447371274