Policy Innovation for Health

by Ilona Kickbusch

Book Overview

The facts are hard to ignore: rising rates of chronic disease, epidemic obesity and diabetes, a widening longevity gap between rich and poor, health care "reforms" at odds with patient interests. In response, Policy Innovations for Health argues that a nation's well-being mirrors the health of its citizens--and calls not only for improvement in our health care systems but for a complete reconceptualization of health and social policy, starting...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387798757
• ISBN13: 9780387798752
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"