Challenging Health Economics
Author | : Gavin Mooney |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 267 |
Release | : 2009-01-22 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780199235971 |
ISBN-13 | : 019923597X |
Rating | : 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Download or read book Challenging Health Economics written by Gavin Mooney and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2009-01-22 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book mounts a critique of current health economics, arguing it has been too dominated by the economics of health care and has largely ignored the impact of poverty, inequality, and lack of education on health. The author proposes a form of collective decision making through communitarianism as a basis for a new paradigm.