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Health Policy and Practice in Ireland
Desmond McCluskey
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Description for Health Policy and Practice in Ireland
Paperback. Traces the development of Irish health care services and practices, and the role that different conceptions of disease and different institutional actors have on them. This book explains how there has been a shift of attention away from an exclusively biomedical approach to the problems of health and illness, to a more inclusive social model. Editor(s): McCluskey, Desmond. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
"Health Policy and Practice in Ireland" traces the development of Irish health care services and practices, and the role that different conceptions of disease and different institutional actors have on them. In particular it explains how there has been a shift of attention away from an exclusively biomedical approach to the problems of health and illness to a more inclusive social model. The major themes of the book are the evolution and structure of the Irish health system; inequalities in health and health care; power imbalances in the organisation and delivery of health services; professional-patient interaction; the education and training ... Read more
"Health Policy and Practice in Ireland" traces the development of Irish health care services and practices, and the role that different conceptions of disease and different institutional actors have on them. In particular it explains how there has been a shift of attention away from an exclusively biomedical approach to the problems of health and illness to a more inclusive social model. The major themes of the book are the evolution and structure of the Irish health system; inequalities in health and health care; power imbalances in the organisation and delivery of health services; professional-patient interaction; the education and training ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781904558507
SKU
V9781904558507
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-13
About Desmond McCluskey
Desmond McCluskey was Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at University College Dublin before his retirement and continues to teach courses in the sociology of health and illness to nurses and other health professionals and students of sociology.
Reviews for Health Policy and Practice in Ireland
"The contributors include academics and health practitioners, thus giving both intellectual and practical analysis, but overall the socio-political angle is dominant." Books Ireland March 2006