Public Health Policy

ISBN: 978-0-7456-2647-5

Paperback

224 pages

August 2003, Polity

Other Available Formats: Hardcover

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A timely and innovative overview of the key debates relating to public health policy in the UK.
explains that health-care services are not the principal determinants of health, and asks why, therefore, they absorb the bulk of resources and attention of policy-makers.
Argues that a paradigm shift is needed if current health policy biases are to be confronted.
Uses examples from Europe and Canada, where a similar policy imbalance exists.
Sets out the policy implications for the future and offers a way forward based on the concept of managing for health.