| Healthy or Sick?: Coevolution of Health Care and Public Health in a Comparative Perspective Contributor(s): Trein, Philipp (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108796141 ISBN-13: 9781108796149 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 9" (0.99 lbs) 332 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The book analyses how policies to prevent diseases are related to policies aiming to cure illnesses. It does this by conducting a comparative historical analysis of Australia, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, and the US. It also demonstrates how the politicization of the medical profession contributes to the success of preventative health policy. The book argues that two factors lead to a close relationship of curative and preventative elements in health policies and institutions: a strong national government that possesses a wide range of control over subnational levels of government, and whether professional organizations (especially the medical profession) perceive preventative and non-medical health policy as important and campaign for it politically. The book provides a historical and comparative narrative to substantiate this claim empirically. |
