1st Edition
Public Discourse and Health Policies The Price of Health in Contemporary Italy
By Nicoletta Bosco
Copyright 2022
162 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
162 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
162 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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The questions addressed in the book revolve around the public nature of health as an asset and the rights associated with it, by drawing attention to sociology’s role in shedding light on current dynamics and understanding how they may change in the future.
In the field of public health, significant empirical evidence points not only to the outcomes, clinical and otherwise, that extensive... Read more
Introduction: information and health in a changing world
1. International health service rankings: reflections from an Italian perspective
2. Bringing healthcare policies into focus: measuring, describing, evaluating and choosing
3. Rationing and communication ambiguities
4. Images of health: public discourse, information, ignorance and communication
Conclusion: knowledge about the past and discourses about the future
Biography
Nicoletta Bosco is Full Professor of the Sociology of Cultural and Communication Processes at the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society, Università di Torino, Italy.
