Critical Issues in Healthcare Policy and Politics in the Gulf Cooperation Council States / Ravinder Mamtani and Albert B. Lowenfels, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lowenfels, Albert B., editor.

Mamtani, Ravinder, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical care--Persian Gulf Region.

Medical care.

Medical policy--Persian Gulf Region.

Medical policy.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 182 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, 2017.

Summary:

The six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries (Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, and Bahrain) have made considerable efforts to boost their healthcare sectors, but despite the region's wealth, their healthcare infrastructure and capacity still lag behind. This is now a pressing problem. Rapid changes to the environment and lifestyles of the GCC states have completely changed the health profile of the region. While major successes in combatting infectious diseases and improving standards of primary healthcare have been reflected in key health indicators, new trends have emerged. Increasingly "lifestyle" or "wealthy country" diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, have replaced the old maladies. These new challenges require highly trained and skilled healthcare workers, an environment that supports local training, state of the art diagnostic laboratories and hospitals, research production and dissemination, and knowledge acquisition to meet emerging healthcare needs. The GCC faces shortages of all of these things. This book provides a comprehensive study of the rapidly changing health profile of the region, the existing conditions of healthcare systems, and the challenges posed to healthcare management across the six states of the GCC.

Contents:

A historical overview of healthcare in the Gulf Region / Nabil M. Kronfol

The politics of healthcare in the Gulf Cooperative Council nations / Dionysis Markakis

Human resources for healthcare in the Gulf Cooperation Council : trends, opportunities, and challenges / Mohamad Alameddine, Nour Kik, Rami Yassoub and Yara Mourad

Mental health in the GCC / Suhaila Ghuloum and Hassen al-Amin

Substance abuse in the Gulf Region / Samir al-Adawi

A chronic disease profile for the Gulf Region / Cother Hajat

Lifestyle diseases in Gulf Cooperation Council countries / Albert B. Lowenfels and Ravinder Mamtani.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781626165021

1626165025

OCLC:

975999123