Health Policy in a Globalising World [Paperback]

This book examines the impact of globalisation on global public health issues and policy.Increasing recognition of the impact that globalisation may be having on public health has led to widespread concern about the risks arising from emerging and re-emerging diseases, environmental degradation and demographic change. A distinguished, international team of contributors covers a comprehensive range of topics and geographic regions, arguing that health policy making is being affected by globalisation and that these effects are, in turn, contributing to the kind of global health issues being faced today.Increasing recognition of the impact that globalisation may be having on public health has led to widespread concern about the risks arising from emerging and re-emerging diseases, environmental degradation and demographic change. A distinguished, international team of contributors covers a comprehensive range of topics and geographic regions, arguing that health policy making is being affected by globalisation and that these effects are, in turn, contributing to the kind of global health issues being faced today.Increasing recognition of the impact that globalization may be having on public health has led to widespread concern about the risks arising from emerging and re-emerging diseases, environmental degradation and demographic change. A distinguished, international team of contributors covers a comprehensive range of topics and geographic regions herein, arguing that health policy making is being affected by globalization and that these effects are, in turn, contributing to the global health issues faced today.Foreword Gro Harlem Bruntland, Director General, World Health Organisation; Preface Anthony B. Zwi; Part I: 1. An introduction to global health policy Kelley Lee, Suzanne Fustukian, Kent Buse; 2. The public health implications of multilateral trade agreements M. Kent Ranson, Robert Beaglehole, Carlos M. Correa, Zafar Mirza, Kent Buse and Nick Drager; 3. GlobalS.