Health for all or wealth for some? : conflicting goals in health care reform

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Health for all or wealth for some? : conflicting goals in health care reform Evans, Robert G., 1942-

Abstract

All proponents of health reform seek to improve the health of the populations served. Or so they say. Yet the policies and strategies offered are extraordinarily diverse, and to a considerable degree inconsistent or in direct conflict with each other. And they arise from radically different visions of the "good" -- i.e. healthy -- society. The health promoters' fit, well fed, socially well adjusted and depressingly well-behaved citizenry are worlds apart from the compliant pill-poppers implicit in the approach of NERA and the PPBHC; the professionally guided, scientifically-tuned health care of the Cochrane Collaboration is not on the same planet as the consumers' paradise of Friedman-esque fantasy. If all share a common goal, some at least are holding the map upside down.

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Title	Health for all or wealth for some? : conflicting goals in health care reform
Alternate Title	HPRU 98:12D
Creator	Evans, Robert G., 1942-
Contributor	University of British Columbia. Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
Publisher	Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR)
Date Issued	1998-10
Description	All proponents of health reform seek to improve the health of the populations served. Or so they say. Yet the policies and strategies offered are extraordinarily diverse, and to a considerable degree inconsistent or in direct conflict with each other. And they arise from radically different visions of the "good" -- i.e. healthy -- society. The health promoters' fit, well fed, socially well adjusted and depressingly well-behaved citizenry are worlds apart from the compliant pill-poppers implicit in the approach of NERA and the PPBHC; the professionally guided, scientifically-tuned health care of the Cochrane Collaboration is not on the same planet as the consumers' paradise of Friedman-esque fantasy. If all share a common goal, some at least are holding the map upside down.
Genre	Report
Type	Text
Language	eng
Date Available	2014-09-09
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada
DOI	10.14288/1.0048456
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/50331
Affiliation	Arts, Faculty of; Vancouver School of Economics; Non UBC; Medicine, Faculty of; Population and Public Health (SPPH), School of
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/
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