1st Edition
Health Capital and Sustainable Socioeconomic Development
494 Pages
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Routledge
496 Pages
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Routledge
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Given ongoing worldwide calamities such as famine, natural disasters, and drug abuse, international attention has increasingly focused upon disease detection, prevention, containment, and treatment. Serving an unmet need in the marketplace, Health Capital and Sustainable Socioeconomic Development highlights mounting evidence of the strong relationship between human capital and socioeconomic... Read more
PART I: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ISSUES
The Morality of HIV/AIDS: A Comparison of Russian Orthodox Church and Secular NGO Approaches, J. Zigon
Health, Gender, and Religion in a Russian Province in Transition, B. Darieva
Collaborative Networks—A Beneficial Perspective on Health Care in Developing Countries, M. Beier and T. Semrau
Alcohol: Health Risk and Development Issue, Ø. Bakke
Right to Health and Sustainable Health Development: Improving
Psychosocial Strategies in HIV-Related Stress, G. M. Lelo, M. Motlagh, S. M.M. Mampunza, P. Verbanck, and E. Streel
The Community and Its Telemedicine Program: Mutual Sustainability Issues with a Focus on the United States and Russian Federation, M. E. Stachura and E. V. Khasanshina
PART II: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Convergence in Western Healthcare Systems: Plus Ca Change, J. A. Devereux
The Brain Drain of Health Capital: Iraq as a Case Study, H. Al Saraf and R. Garfield
Famine Elimination: A Tangible Step toward Sustainable Development, A. Vassilakis
Health SWAps: For a Sustainable Development of Healthcare Systems in Low-Income Countries, C. Paul, E. Paul, and V. Zinnen
Global Health Capital and Sustainable Socioeconomic Development, P.A. Cholewka
Implementation of a Hospital Information System in Lithuania: Implications for the Role of Nursing, P. A. Cholewka
Healthcare in the United States: A Matter of Right or Privilege? S. Hoffman
PART III: LEGAL AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
Social and Economic Benefits of Ending the ‘‘War on Drugs,’’ C. Brewer
Salud Para Todo: Cuba’s Revolutionary Approach toward Fulfillment of the Right to Health, D. P. Evans
Looking for More Inclusive and Sustainable Health Policies: The Role of Participation, A. F. Arroyo
Healthcare for Children in Sub-Saharan Africa—A Gordian Knot? N. K. Stafford
Catastrophic Opportunity: Public Health Emergencies, Healthcare Infrastructure, and Human Rights, J.H. Marks
Which Policies Effectively Enable Smoking Cessation? The Role of Risk Perception in the European Union, J. Costa-Font and E. Mossialos
Dealing with Healthcare Security: Catastrophic Health and Drug Expenditures in Nicaragua, J. Costa-Font, M. Costa-Font, R. Rodriguez, J. Rovira, and P. Sandiford
Disparities in Health, Disparities in Law: The Global Potential of Individual Advocacy, E. Lawton, R. Riseberg, G.M. Bogin-Farber, R. Knight, J. Cohen, and L.A. Smith
Taking a Human Rights Approach to Healthcare Commercialization, B. Toebes
Index
The Morality of HIV/AIDS: A Comparison of Russian Orthodox Church and Secular NGO Approaches, J. Zigon
Health, Gender, and Religion in a Russian Province in Transition, B. Darieva
Collaborative Networks—A Beneficial Perspective on Health Care in Developing Countries, M. Beier and T. Semrau
Alcohol: Health Risk and Development Issue, Ø. Bakke
Right to Health and Sustainable Health Development: Improving
Psychosocial Strategies in HIV-Related Stress, G. M. Lelo, M. Motlagh, S. M.M. Mampunza, P. Verbanck, and E. Streel
The Community and Its Telemedicine Program: Mutual Sustainability Issues with a Focus on the United States and Russian Federation, M. E. Stachura and E. V. Khasanshina
PART II: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Convergence in Western Healthcare Systems: Plus Ca Change, J. A. Devereux
The Brain Drain of Health Capital: Iraq as a Case Study, H. Al Saraf and R. Garfield
Famine Elimination: A Tangible Step toward Sustainable Development, A. Vassilakis
Health SWAps: For a Sustainable Development of Healthcare Systems in Low-Income Countries, C. Paul, E. Paul, and V. Zinnen
Global Health Capital and Sustainable Socioeconomic Development, P.A. Cholewka
Implementation of a Hospital Information System in Lithuania: Implications for the Role of Nursing, P. A. Cholewka
Healthcare in the United States: A Matter of Right or Privilege? S. Hoffman
PART III: LEGAL AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
Social and Economic Benefits of Ending the ‘‘War on Drugs,’’ C. Brewer
Salud Para Todo: Cuba’s Revolutionary Approach toward Fulfillment of the Right to Health, D. P. Evans
Looking for More Inclusive and Sustainable Health Policies: The Role of Participation, A. F. Arroyo
Healthcare for Children in Sub-Saharan Africa—A Gordian Knot? N. K. Stafford
Catastrophic Opportunity: Public Health Emergencies, Healthcare Infrastructure, and Human Rights, J.H. Marks
Which Policies Effectively Enable Smoking Cessation? The Role of Risk Perception in the European Union, J. Costa-Font and E. Mossialos
Dealing with Healthcare Security: Catastrophic Health and Drug Expenditures in Nicaragua, J. Costa-Font, M. Costa-Font, R. Rodriguez, J. Rovira, and P. Sandiford
Disparities in Health, Disparities in Law: The Global Potential of Individual Advocacy, E. Lawton, R. Riseberg, G.M. Bogin-Farber, R. Knight, J. Cohen, and L.A. Smith
Taking a Human Rights Approach to Healthcare Commercialization, B. Toebes
Index
Biography
Patricia A Cholewka, Mitra M. Motlagh
