Toward Sustainable Transitions in Healthcare Systems - 9780367026998

Taylor & Francis

Toward Sustainable Transitions in Healthcare SystemsAuthor(s): Jacqueline Broerse, John Grin\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367026998, 978-0367026998\nSynopsis\nHealth systems have long been considered key determinants of well-being within modern societies, a valuable resource which have faced a series of reform initiatives throughout the past decades. These reforms have been used to manage the cost of development, measure the tenability of health systems in globalizing economies and promote the increasing importance of health problems related to lifestyle and living conditions, yet they have failed to provide a true resolution to the persistent economical and logistical problems facing modern-day health systems. \n\nThis rich, interdisciplinary work explores the hypothesis that many of these problems cannot be adequately addressed without structural changes to our health systems, and examines the embedded fea.