1st Edition
Removing the Barriers to Global Health Equity
320 Pages
by
CRC Press
320 Pages
by
CRC Press
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Medical research and global awareness of health inequalities continue to grow apace. Why then is global health inequality widening, with benefits disproportionally affecting the richest third? How can obstacles to more equitable healthcare be overcome? This passionately-argued book presents answers that will be essential reading for everyone interested in global health, public health, public... Read more
Is neoliberalism compatible with global health equity? Setting an optimum context for global control. Inequity in access to water. Neoliberalist approaches to healthcare and the transnational pharmaceutical corporations. The obstacle of war. A world mortgaged to war. Imperialism and global health. Global mismanagement of food resources. The barrier of moral parochialism. What can we do now?
Biography
Theodore H. MacDonald, Rashmin Tamnhe
