Screen LibraryTrade in health : economics, ethics and public policy /
'Trade in Health is a timely reflection on the interface of economics with the ethics and public policy facets of the international movement of patients. Health issues such as these are at the forefront of modern political economy."National" health is increasingly less so. Reisman...
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| Published: |
Edward Elgar,
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| Publisher Address: | Cheltenham, U.K. : |
| Publication Dates: | [2014] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
'Trade in Health is a timely reflection on the interface of economics with the ethics and public policy facets of the international movement of patients. Health issues such as these are at the forefront of modern political economy."National" health is increasingly less so. Reisman's previous scholarship in this area is brought to bear in an insightful and eminently readable and engaging fashion. In an area where uncovering the facts is more difficult than "decyphering the Dead Sea Scrolls", such a reflective work on the critical aspects of political economy helps to fill a void in considerin |
| Carrier Form: | vii, 247 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781782547204 1782547207 |
| Index Number: | RA410 |
| CLC: | R1-9 |
| Call Number: | R1-9/R377 |
| Contents: | 1. Medical travel : the nature of the beast -- 2. Number, weight and measure -- 3. The preconditions for trade -- 4. Price and quality -- 5. Difference -- 6. Trade : the outputs -- 7. The inputs : commercial presence -- 8. The inputs : labour -- 9. The ethics of medical travel -- 10. Conclusion : commodification. |