{"product_id":"health-policy-iain-crinson-9781032345765","title":"Health Policy: Critical and Comparative Perspectives","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis important new textbook provides comparative and critical analysis of health care policy from high-income countries in Europe to low-income developing countries in the Global South.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt integrates conceptual themes drawn from the fields of sociology, policy analysis, and political science to offer a unique combination of theory, historical background, and wider social commentary. The book is divided into three sections: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eSection I establishes the conceptual basis for the analysis of the health policymaking process, including implementation.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSection II provides an introduction to the key elements of conducting a comparative health system's analysis, including chapters that provide examples of performance analysis in both high- and low-income developing countries.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSection III examines key challenges now facing health policy-makers that include long-term social care provision, widening the scope of public health to address social inequalities in health outcome, the integration of genomic medicine within a health care system, and the establishment of an effective national pharmaceutical policy.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter includes case studies, historical-institutional contexts, and summaries of key health policies. Detailed and clearly written, it is the ideal text for health and social science students in this expanding area of analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Iain Crinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032345764\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032345765\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/30\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.69h x 6.85w x 0.45d","brand":"Iain Crinson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46670579564799,"sku":"9781032345765","price":48.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/health-policy-iain-crinson-9781032345765","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}