Health Rights of Older People

Comparative Perspectives in Southeast Asia

Long Thanh GIANG, Theresa W. Devasahayam (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

188 Seiten

2018
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-55046-9 (ISBN)

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The book examines the health rights of older persons who are more likely potentially to face various disadvantages in terms of healthcare access and affordability, thereby impacting on health outcomes. The point of departure in the analyses is that the health security of older persons is guaranteed only if a country approaches the health of its citizens out of moral obligation, viewing health and well-being as a right rather than an entitlement. Data from five countries in the ASEAN region are analysed with the intent of highlighting the health inequalities and barriers at the societal and individual levels, on the one hand, as well as the gaps at the health and healthcare policy and programmatic levels within each country, on the other. It is also intended that the analyses of the data from the selected countries which represent different stages of development, and thus income levels, provide a useful comparative framework for policymakers in the ASEAN region.

Long Thanh Giang is Associate Professor of National Economics University, Hanoi, Senior Researcher at Institute of Social and Medical Studies (ISMS), Hanoi, and Affiliate Research Fellow of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, University of Oxford. His research interests include the economics of ageing and health protection for older people. He got a PhD from National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) in Tokyo. Theresa W. Devasahayam is Associate Lecturer at Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS). She has provided technical expertise to various projects for United Nations’ agencies and the Asian Development Bank. She has a PhD in Anthropology with a concentration in feminist studies from Syracuse University, New York, U.S.A.

1. Ageing and Health in Southeast Asia (Theresa W. Devasahayam and Long Thanh Giang) 2. Singapore (Theresa W. Devasahayam) 3. Malaysia (How Kee Ling, Zamri Hassan, Faizah Mas’ud, and Sidiah John Siop) 4. Thailand (Chalermpol Chamchan, Rossarin Gray, and Kusol Soonthorndhada) 5. Vietnam (Long Thanh Giang, Phong Manh Phi, and Tham Hong Thi Pham) 6. Myanmar (Hein Thet Ssoe, S. Irudaya Rajan, and Sreerupa) 7. Policy Options for Protecting Health Rights of Older People (Long Thanh Giang and Theresa W. Devasahayam) 8. Conclusions (Theresa W. Devasahayam and Long Thanh Giang)

Erscheinungsdatum	20.05.2018
Reihe/Serie	Routledge-GRIPS Development Forum Studies
Zusatzinfo	31 Tables, black and white; 54 Line drawings, black and white; 54 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Mikroökonomie
ISBN-10	1-138-55046-9 / 1138550469
ISBN-13	978-1-138-55046-9 / 9781138550469
Zustand	Neuware