Achieving access : professional movements and the politics of health universalism / Joseph Harris.

  • Harris, Joseph, 1976 August 23-
Date:
2017
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Professional movements and the politics of health universalism

Description

At a time when the world's wealthiest nations struggle to make health care and medicine available to everyone, why do resource-constrained countries make costly commitments to universal health coverage and AIDS treatment after transitioning to democracy? Joseph Harris explores the dynamics that made landmark policies possible in Thailand and Brazil but which have led to prolonged struggle and contestation in South Africa. Drawing on firsthand accounts of the people wrestling with these issues, Achieving Access documents efforts to institutionalize universal healthcare and expand access to life-saving medicines in three major industrializing countries.

Publication/Creation

Ithaca, New York : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2017.

Physical description

xiv, 268 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-258) and index.

Contents

Democratization, elites, and the expansion of access to healthcare and medicine -- Thailand : chasing the dream of free medical care for the sick -- Brazil : against all odds -- South Africa : embracing national health insurance in name only -- Thailand : from village safety to universal access -- Brazil : constituting rights, setting precedents, challenging norms -- South Africa : contesting the luxury of AIDS dissidence.

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    History of Medicine
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  • 9781501709968
  • 1501709968
  • 9781501709975
  • 1501709976