Medicine and public health at the end of empire by Howard Waitzkin

Others represent new government public health policies that extend health and social services to poor and underserved populations; initiatives in Venezuela (involving community-run clinics staffed through a partnership with Cuba), Uruguay (decentralization of health institutions with significant nei...

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Published in:Journal of Public Health Policy 2012-05, Vol.33 (2), p.273-278
Main Author: Samuel, Jeannie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bank failures
Budgets
Community involvement
Consciousness
Economic crisis
Economic growth
Equality and Human Rights
Health care access
Health policy
Health services
Income redistribution
International finance
International organizations
Medical Sociology
Medicine
Neighborhoods
Neoliberalism
Political activism
Privatization
Public Health
Public sector
Social activism
Social Justice
Social Policy
Social Sciences
Social services
Sociology
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Summary:Others represent new government public health policies that extend health and social services to poor and underserved populations; initiatives in Venezuela (involving community-run clinics staffed through a partnership with Cuba), Uruguay (decentralization of health institutions with significant neighborhood and municipal participation), and Brazil (involving community-determined budgeting and strengthened public sector health services). The region's economies, in general, have benefited from elevated commodity prices. Because of demand in Asia, these have remained high even after the 2008 global financial crisis.
ISSN:0197-5897
1745-655X
DOI:10.1057/jphp.2011.62