Public Health Policy

Public Health Policy

by David J. Hunter (Author)

Synopsis

This volume provides a new and innovative overview of the key debates relating to public health policy in the UK and sets out the policy implications for the future, offering a way forward based on the concept of managing for health. aeo A timely and innovative overview of the key debates relating to public health policy in the UK. aeo 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. aeo Argues that a paradigm shift is needed if current health policy biases are to be confronted. aeo Uses examples from Europe and Canada, where a similar policy imbalance exists. aeo Sets out the policy implications for the future and offers a way forward based on the concept of managing for health.

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More Information

Format: Illustrated
Pages: 224
Edition: 1
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: 18 Aug 2003

ISBN 10: 0745626475
ISBN 13: 9780745626475

Media Reviews
Hunter provides a map of the recent history of public health and its link to health policy. His analysis of the twentieth--century public health profession and its weaknesses leads him to suggest new solutions for management and public health which shift the focus to health. This book makes an important contribution to the debate on raising the profile of health as an outcome of health policy. I can recommend it to all those interested in health management, policy or pubic health as a thoughtful analysis and a provocative challenge. Sian Griffiths, University of Oxford Thoughtful, analytic and tough minded. David Hunter's feeling for what makes health policy tick has been successfully applied to public health. Recommended reading for everyone interested in making health policy work for the better. Geof Rayner, Chairman of the UK Public Health Association
Author Bio
David Hunter is a Professor of Health Policy and Management at the School for Health, University of Durham.