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Health equity in a globalizing era : past challenges, future prospects / Ronald Labonte, Arne Ruckert.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Labonté, Ronald, author.
- Rückert, Arne, 1975- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Globalization--Health aspects.
- Globalization.
- Equality--Health aspects.
- Equality.
- Health services accessibility.
- World health.
- Global Health.
- Health Equity.
- Social Determinants of Health.
- Health Services Accessibility.
- Medical Subjects:
- Global Health.
- Health Equity.
- Social Determinants of Health.
- Health Services Accessibility.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 465 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Past challenges, future prospects
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- This title discusses how globalisation impacts the health of individuals and populations. It focuses on how globalisation processes have impacted various social determinants of health such as income, employment, or migration patterns, and how this in turn shapes inequities in health outcomes.
- Contents:
- Globalization: Definitions, a potted history, and implications for health
- Globalization as a 'determinant of the determinants of health'
- Neoliberalism and its health discontents
- Migration: Globalization's historically defining element
- Disrupted labour markets: Health opportunities for some, health risks for others
- Trade and investment liberalization: The health complications of 'free' trade
- International development assistance and health: From the Millennium Development to the Sustainable Development Goals
- Globalizing health systems
- Global flows: Health workers and patients on the move
- Infectious diseases in the age of globalization
- The global diffusion of non-communicable diseases
- Imperilling the health of the global environmental commons
- The gendered face of global health
- The global institutional architecture: Entangling health and its social determinants
- Overcoming gridlock: From global health governance to global governance for health
- International human rights: 'Taming' global economic markets?
- Global activism and the prospects for a healthier future.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2019.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-257225-3
- 0-19-187295-4
- 0-19-257224-5
- OCLC:
- 1078428223
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