Health Policy in a Globalising World

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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.

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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. This book argues 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. The book explores how the actors, context, processes and content of health policy are changing as a result of globalisation, raising concerns about growing differences in who can influence health policy, what priorities are set, what interventions are deemed appropriate and ultimately who enjoys good and bad health. Bringing together a distinguished, international group of contributors, this book covers a comprehensive range of topics and geographic regions and will be invaluable for all those interested in health, social and public policy and globalisation.

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An important contribution to the literature on health policy.......2004-10-19

I reviewed this book for the Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law and Ethics, 2003, 3:2, 417-424. The text below is from a draft of that review -- for the final version see the reference above. (warning -- this is a little bit long!)

As I write this review, the United States has taken on the role of global "enforcer" -- we have gone to war with Iraq to effect "regime change", largely without the support of our traditional European allies - dismissively termed "old Europe". This war sets a frightening precedent - the first time the United States has gone to war without having been attacked first. The president who has declared this war presides over the sole remaining superpower and thus, is arguably the most powerful American president in history. Coincidentally, and very sadly, among recent presidents he also stands out as one with little interest in, and experience of the rest of the world. Of the Congressmen and Senators he has to work with (and who serve as an important check on his power), only about 30% actually hold a current US passport. This war is the culmination of a unilateralist trend which began with his presidency - walking away from numerous international treaty obligations and promises on global climate change, the international court, landmines, and so many other issues. But the seeds of this trend were visible earlier: the US has become the most powerful and most influential nation, and the "driver" of globalization in so many ways, and yet we remain a nation which is largely unconcerned with the impact of its actions and policies, and those of its citizens and corporations, on the rest of the world.

That is where this book comes in. Lee, Buse and Fustukian have brought together an excellent collection of essays on a wide range of aspects of the health impact of globalization. Anyone who wants to take the time to understand the wider implications of this phenomenon will find much of value in this collection. Students of health policy and of international health would also do extremely well with this collection, and teachers of those subjects will find this a very useful contribution to the literature on this recent and evolving issue.

What do these authors understand by globalization? The authors use a definition of globalization as "processes that are changing the nature of human interaction across a wide range of spheres including the sociocultural, political, economic, technological, and ecological."(from Lee, 2001) As a consequence, boundaries whether they are "spatial, temporal, or cognitive" are changing and in some ways becoming far less important than they were previously. The authors also distinguish between "international health" and "global health", with international health relating essentially to matters between states or regions, and global health dealing with issues which are "transborder in cause or effect" and not confined to any country or group of countries.

The fourteen chapters of this book cover a wide range of issues, from an introduction to global health policy; the implications of the multilateral trade agreements; the growing enthusiasm for public/private partnerships; regulation; health care financing reform; cost-effectiveness and priority-setting; violence against women and reproductive health; the globalization of the DOTS approach to treatment of tuberculosis; aging and health policy; worker's health and safety; and finally globalization, conflict, and the humanitarian response. Some of the chapters are more directly related to the issue of globalization than others. I confess I read the introductory chapter but then moved directly to the chapter which seemed to promise the most relevance to the current world situation - chapter 13, "Globalisation, conflict, and the humanitarian response" by Anthony Zwi, Suzanne Fustukian, and Dinesh Sethi. I was not disappointed. The authors make several important observations. First, that insufficient attention has been paid in recent conflicts to "prevent or mitigate significant human rights abuses...(and) to the links between external and internal non-state actors, such as private companies and diaspora communities, that can play a major role in supporting violence..." A second key observation is that ethnic identity is playing a growing role in conflict; they quote Lipschutz and Crawford (1999) that "so-called ethnic conflicts are reflections of failing social contracts between different groups as global economic forces place governments under immense pressure to promote greater economic efficiencies and exploitation of local resources." Conflicts have winners and losers; and typically the losers are the already poor and marginalized, while those who benefit are in a position to manipulate markets or seize assets - and thus have an interest in perpetuating conflict.

The health impact of conflict includes the high mortality due to the conflict itself, and due to displacement both internally and across borders; and the mental health impact of trauma, torture and stress is enormous. Often the conflict results in damage to the health services themselves, whether through actual destruction to infrastructure including human resources, or diversion of funds away from health purposes to the military. How has globalization contributed to conflict? Globalization involves a shift in power both from states to markets, and from weak states to strong states. Within countries, the pressure brought about by the World Bank and IMF's program of Structural Adjustment Programs, or SAPs, has produced a "residual state" unable to contain or curtail violence within its borders, or worse, based on "structural violence" which involves unequal and unfair distribution of resources and services. And the World Bank continues to insist on economic policies consistent with a "globalized world economy" wherein the state is no longer a "provider" but rather a "facilitator and regulator". Truly weak states are not in a position to either facilitate or regulate. And the authors point out that income and wealth disparities have grown substantially over the past several decades. The UNDP estimated in 1999 that the assets of the three wealthiest individuals in the world are more than the combined GNP of all the least developed countries and their 600 million people. The top three in recent years have all been Americans.

Many readers will find chapter 2, on "The public health implications of multilateral trade agreements," particularly useful. This chapter focuses in particular on the World Trade Organization, or WTO. The chapter begins with the WTO's basic premise, that "human welfare will increase through economic growth based on trade liberalization....From a public health perspective, this desirable goal requires linking the benefits of the global trading system to sound social policies."(Drager, 1999). That key link, as the chapter demonstrates, not only has not been made, but attempts to make it have been opposed by a number of strong states and actors.

One of the more interesting discussions is in chapter 6, by Lee and Goodman, in which they describe the policy discussion around health care financing reform, and the formation of a "transnational policy elite" with two hubs, in Washington and London. (This book is largely the work of researchers with ties to, or based at, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and in the interest of full disclosure, this reviewer spent 10 years as a faculty member there and obtained her PhD from that institution.) They describe an "early transatlantic divide" between the Washington hub which had links to the World Bank and USAID, and the London hub, largely based at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, with funding from the UK government and links to colleagues at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, WHO and UNICEF. The main issue on which they divided was user fees, with the Washington hub being a strong proponent, and the London hub raising equity concerns. They trace this to "differences in the underlying values and principles that shape the US and European health care systems", with the Europeans viewing health care as a "social good" which should be available to all regardless of ability to pay, whereas in the US health care continues to be viewed as primarily the responsibility of the individual, and a private consumption good.

Chapter 8 by Kumaranayake and Walker, on the applications of cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) presents a thoughtful commentary on the use of especially the Disability-adjusted life year, or DALY, which will be of interest not just to economists but to anyone who has wrestled with the use of CEA for health priority setting. They review the use of this tool to attempt to determine global priorities, with all its limitations of poor local data and difficulties of application of those data to different settings. They sensibly conclude that "we must be aware of not expecting too much from the tool... rather than aiming for precision, which both the data and tool are not designed for." And further, that CEA "does not take the politics out of decision-making...but is an element in the process of overall-priority setting, rather than a mechanistic way to select alternatives."(p. 155)

In chapter 9, on violence against women and reproductive health, Mayhew and Watts review the global attempts to reduce the horrific levels of different forms of violence against women. They cite figures which indicate that around the world, between 20 and 50% of women report having been assaulted or raped by a male partner at least once in their lives. They point out that "partner violence occurs in all countries, and transcends socio-economic and cultural boundaries." But violence against women includes not only rape and sexual assault by partners, but trafficking in women, forced prostitution, and violence and rape which is "perpetrated or condoned by the state, such as rape in war." Curiously this definition, adopted by the UN, does not appear to cover the selective abortion or infanticide of female fetuses and babies which results in the "missing females" - over 50 million female infants were missing in India and China at the beginning of the 90s according to Coale, and Nobel prizewinner Amartya Sen believes the number is closer to 100 million.(Gray, 2001) Their discussion of the global debate around this issue is valuable and focused, and they point out that the Reagan administration's "hard right-wing line on population" forced the groups of women who otherwise would have focused on violence against women to align with those promoting family planning, so as to prevent further restrictions on availability. It seems that the same phenomenon is repeating itself - the threat of limiting access to family planning and contraception, including abortion, diverts attention from the wider issue of violence against women in all settings.

So much has happened in the past few years - September 11, the war on Iraq and worldwide protests against that war, to name a few - that some will forget that the last time large numbers of people took to the streets was to protest the WTO, in particular its impact on workers and worker health. The chapter on "Workers' health and safety in a globalizing world" by Fustukian, Sethi and Zwi is one of the most useful in the book and is packed with information - a survey of this important issue in 20 pages. The chapter begins with a review of the data on workers' health around the world and catalogues the reasons why this is so - the lack of health and safety standards; the concentration of poor migrants in the most dangerous jobs, where they are vulnerable to exploitation; and the transfer of often-dangerous technologies to areas where there is little awareness of the dangers they pose, or where enforcement of existing standards is minimal. The use of female and child labor in the workforce, particularly the even less regulated informal sector, puts them beyond the reach of international organizational efforts which usually target the formal, export industries. Workers in developing countries are often particularly vulnerable to the practices of multinational and transnational countries which are deliberately targeting countries with a large labor force and poor regulation; they cite the notorious Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal, India in 1984, as an example of this: double standards in terms of design, equipment and maintenance, as well as deficiencies in operational practices, meant that the workers and surrounding population were put at significant risk. However, as the subsequent investigation showed, the Indian authorities were complicit in the low standards maintained by this subsidiary of a large multinational company. The authors describe how most low and middle income countries are content to leave labor standards issues up to the largely toothless ILO, rather than an organization such as the WTO which has genuine "teeth". In this they are joined, somewhat surprisingly, by the multinational companies themselves - and the reason is that they fear losing the industry altogether in a world where the multinationals are able to quickly shift their operations from one country to a more "welcoming" environment elsewhere. What then is to prevent this from happening more regularly? This brings us back to the protests in Seattle and elsewhere in the world in 2000 and 2001, where the interests of industrialized countries' consumers and their unionized workers coincided to bring pressure on such companies as Nike to improve their "sweatshop" practices. Voluntary codes of practice are being adopted in response to demands from civil society - or were before the economic downturn post-September 11.

There are several areas which I would have liked to see covered in such a book. Using the definition set out by the authors in the first chapter, of global health being affected by processes which are changing the way humans interact, I would have liked to see more explicit consideration of several important global health issues. For example, an examination of the attempts to agree on measures to improve the environment and slow global climate change, the politics around the Kyoto protocol in particular would have been welcome as would have been a review of the attempts to set up a tribunal to hear accusations of war crimes and on the effort to agree on a global ban on landmines. I would also have expected more on the changing roles of other UN agencies such as the UNFPA and the influence of US domestic politics on reproductive health; on the UN Security Council and the UNDP, and UNHCR. A chapter devoted to the controversies around pharmaceutical distribution, pricing, and access would have been timely, although the issue of patent protection and the impact of the WTO's Trade related aspects of intellectual property rights, or TRIPS, is nicely covered in the chapter on regulation by Kumaranayake and Lake. Other issues which are closely linked with globalization, but which are not covered in any depth are the global trade in illegal drugs, trafficking in women, and international attempts to control the distribution and marketing of tobacco products. According to WHO, by 2020 tobacco use will cause over 12% of all deaths globally, and tobacco will cause more deaths worldwide than HIV, tuberculosis, maternal mortality, motor vehicle accidents, suicide and homicide combined. It seems a significant omission from this important book. And finally there is no chapter devoted to the biggest health issue of our time -- the HIV/AIDS pandemic. These last two are huge omissions from a volume on international health and globalization.

But what is here is a very useful and thoughtful collection of work on many of the most pressing global health issues of the day, with a policy framework to tie them together. It should be of much interest to both those interested in health policy and international relations and international policy specialists who want to know more about how globalization affects health.

Health policy in a globalising world [A book review from: Social Science & Medicine]

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Plato is one of the key ancient authors studied by both classicists and philosophers. This volume contains the first eight of Plato's works in the traditional order which appears in most of the manuscripts. The first four, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, ahd Phaedo are grouped by their dramatic settings concerned with the death of Socrates. The Apology and Crito display Socrates' philosophical mission. The Euthyphro discusses piety; the Phaedo proves the immortality of the soul by appeal to Plato's Theory of Forms. The second group of dialogues represent Plato's later work and are grouped according to his own indications; The Cratylus discusses language, the Thaetetus knowledge, the Sophist being and negation, and the Politicus statesmanship. This new edition offers much additional information on the preservation of Plato's text. All primary manuscripts have been checked and in most casesx freshly cololated. Papyrus fragments recently made available that were unknown to previous editors have been in several cases re-examined and their evidence reported, whilst no less important has been the search for previously unreported quotations of Plato in later Greek writers, facilitated by new editions of Neoplatonic writers. All textual problems have been thought through afresh.

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Definitive Classical Text.......2003-12-05

These Oxford editions are the definitive Greek texts for Plato's entire body of work. They are the culmination of a vast tradition of scholarly erudition. They include not only a fine edition of the texts, but also an extensive critical apparatus in the footnotes in which alternate readings adopted by other editors are listed. In effect, in this edition, you get the whole history of all other editions of Plato.

Oxford is in the process of putting out a new set of re-edited Plato's. These represent the latest trends in scholarly thought on Plato. However they do not represent any new discoveries--they are only a new set of editorial decisions by a new editor, but the same old material. The new set look quite good so far, but the older edition (By John Burnet, or Ioannes Burnet in Latin) are not rendered obsolete or out of date by this one. My personal preference is for the older Burnet edition.

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There are Martial Arts Writers - and then there's Dave Lowry.......2006-05-29

Dave Lowry offers a perspective in his books not often available to the Western martial arts practitioner - a considered interpretation of modern martial arts in the context of traditional (koryu) arts.

Written in a exceptionally approachable style, Lowry tells the story of his introduction to martial arts, interspersed with anecdotes from Japanese martial history.

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Another great book by Lowry.......2005-08-04

This is a great read for anyone interested in learning about the history of the Yagyu Shinkage Ryu of swordmanship. Woven into this history are the events that lead Lowry into studying this Ryu and his dynamic interaction with his Sensei.

Excellent lessons!.......2004-11-07

I've recently reread all the books I have on martial arts, Japan, Japanese culture and history. When I find a passage that really strikes me, I underline it and dog-ear the page. After finishing the handful of books I already have, I came to Amazon to find more. Dave Lowry's book seemed interesting from reading the first few pages available online. Little did I know I would be underlining and dog-earing most of the pages in the rest of the book! An excellent read for new or experienced readers in Japanese history, culture and/or martial arts. I highly recommend it!

Excellent and insightful.......2004-11-03

Neat blend of personal journey and the history of a martial way. Dave Lowry has a fantastic breadth of Japanese knowledge both martial and mundane. A master of the sword, brush, and open-hand combat he is also experienced in tea ceremony, flower arranging, and much more. As a young man he serendipitously found a bugei master who he eventually convinced to teach him the way. Early on his sensei proclaimed that, "More is expected of bugeisha then ordinary people." More is what you get in this masterful book. He entices us to follow along the path of his life and training with delightful wit, candor, and humility. I truly enjoyed this book.

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If you do your homework, follow guidelines, and present yourself well, according to Moira Anderson Allen in The Writer's Guide to Queries, Pitches, & Proposals, you may be on your way from writer to published writer. Or maybe not. "There's always more good writing than there are markets for that writing," says Allen, so you have to "intrigue the editor." Allen and her contributors divulge secrets to effective queries, proposals, and synopses. They have advice on becoming a syndicated columnist, securing an agent, landing speaking and teaching engagements, and doing business writing. They weigh the advantages and disadvantages of alternatives to mainstream publishing (e-publishing, subsidy publishing, and self-publishing), and of online display sites, where editors and agents (after they get through the mass of paper on their desks and still want to read more) can check out writers' work. Great information--especially the many hints on what not to do. --Jane Steinberg

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This indispensable resource is packed with expert advice no professional can afford to be without. Here are all the time-proven techniques and tested methods readers need to craft a sales-making query letter, create a nonfiction or fiction book proposal, write effective pitches, win a corporate freelancing job and much, much more. Dozens of real-life interviews with successful writers, editors, and agents provide valuable advice for seeking new markets and finding the right audience. Plus, this remarkable guide also includes scores of sample pitches, queries and proposals. Whether the reader is a beginning writer or seasoned professional, The Writer's Guide to Queries, Pitches & Proposals is the perfect, one-of-a-kind reference for creating sales—getting pitches for any market, any area of writing, and any type of audience.

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stay between the yellow lines.......2006-07-13

Moira Allen's well-written and attractively-presented guidebook hits time and again on a central theme: follow the rules.

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Stinkeroo!.......2005-08-01

Flaw #1: Applies only to Texas
Flaw #2: The authors only leave out the important stuff -- the stuff that can cause you to join the ranks of the "former well-off"
Flaw #3: What is in is incomplete, simplistic fluff.

Oh dear oh dear oh dear! Run, do not wait to walk, away from this book.

PS -- Don't be influenced by the fact that I've been a real estate professional for 35 years and have appeared in court as an expert appraisal and property management witness.

The Quick and Easy Generate Extra Cash, Inner Game and Accounting & Finance for Foreclosures Businesses 3 CD Combo Pack

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The Quick and Easy Generate Extra Cash, Inner Game and Accounting & Finance for Foreclosures Businesses 3 CD Combo Pack
Tracy Z Anderson
Manufacturer: LTBR, Inc
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000PTGNFM

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