Public Health: Policy and Politics - Softcover

Baggott, Rob

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0230537936 ISBN 13: 9780230537934

Publisher: Palgrave, 2010

Synopsis

Public health continues to pose ideological, economic and moral dilemmas for policy makers. For example, how involved should health care practitioners become in ensuring the absence of illness or promoting wellbeing? To what extent should health be a matter of state, rather than individual, responsibility?
 
In this new edition of a highly regarded text, Rob Baggott visits the contemporary debate surrounding public health, exploring the many facets of health improvement and promotion within their historical, socioeconomic and political contexts. Both timely and engaging, the book:
■ examines the successes and limitations of current health strategy and public health campaigns
■ assesses the impact of factors such as lifestyle, environment and socioeconomic inequality on public health
■ investigates international dimensions and global issues including environmental health, climate change and world poverty
■ evaluates the past 13 years of Labour policy and considers the future under a coalition government.
 
Heavily revised to incorporate the latest British, European and international developments, Public Health explores the ever-changing political environment and policy processes that frame current approaches.
 
Now providing detailed analysis of regional diversity within UK policy, this text is core reading for all those with interests in health, social and welfare policy, the development of the NHS and the voluntary sector and the essentials of contemporary public health.

About this title

Review:

'This is, in many ways, a remarkable text in terms of the clarity of the language and the sheer comprehensiveness of the perspectives addressed. It is a work in which one can place a great deal of trust and confidence and serves as the most comprehensive, reliable and authoritative survey of public health from a UK perspective'.
- Dr Chris Nottingham, Reader in Contemporary History and Head of Research, School of Law and Social Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
'The book provides an excellent description and critical view of public health, policy and politics in the UK and in relation to global health.'
- Gaynor Mabbett, Lecturer in Public Health, Department of Public Health and Policy Studies, Swansea University, UK

'A very comprehensive and topical overview of health promoting policy in the UK.'

- Jennie Naidoo, Principal Lecturer, School of Health, Community and Policy Studies, University of the West of England, UK

'Baggott's tales of policies warped by outside pressures make for a fascinating read...a resource that will be appreciated by all
with an interest in the policy and politics of health improvement in the UK and beyond.'

- Alan Maryon-Davis, Public Health Today

'...the depth of detail and comprehensiveness of this book make it an invaluable resource for students of public health and those interested in the political underbelly of public health policy.' - Social Policy

Book Description:

This new edition of the definitive text on public health explores the key issues and political contexts that have influenced recent and historic developments in UK and international policy

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0230537936
• ISBN 13: 9780230537934
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 512