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Medicine and the Market: Equity v. Choice
Daniel Callahan
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Description for Medicine and the Market: Equity v. Choice
Hardback. This timely and necessary book engages new dimensions of a development that has urgent consequences for the delivery of health care worldwide. Num Pages: 334 pages. BIC Classification: MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
Much has been written about medicine and the market in recent years. This book is the first to include an assessment of market influence in both developed and developing countries, and among the very few that have tried to evaluate the actual health and economic impact of market theory and practices in a wide range of national settings. Tracing the path that market practices have taken from Adam Smith in the eighteenth century into twenty-first-century health care, Daniel Callahan and Angela A. Wasunna add a fresh dimension: they compare the different approaches taken in the market debate by health ... Read more
Much has been written about medicine and the market in recent years. This book is the first to include an assessment of market influence in both developed and developing countries, and among the very few that have tried to evaluate the actual health and economic impact of market theory and practices in a wide range of national settings. Tracing the path that market practices have taken from Adam Smith in the eighteenth century into twenty-first-century health care, Daniel Callahan and Angela A. Wasunna add a fresh dimension: they compare the different approaches taken in the market debate by health ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
Number of Pages
334
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801883392
SKU
V9780801883392
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About Daniel Callahan
Daniel Callahan is the director of International Programs and Angela A. Wasunna is assistant director of International Programs at Pfizer, Inc.
Reviews for Medicine and the Market: Equity v. Choice
A timely and necessary contribution. Whether or not one agrees with the authors' conclusions, the book is essential reading for anyone concerned with health care reform. It carries out the critical task of placing our national health care debates in the wider context of justice and health care reform around the world.
Nancy S. Jecker, PhD JAMA 2007 A ... Read more
Nancy S. Jecker, PhD JAMA 2007 A ... Read more