Product Description
Health and health care in South Africa (2nd edition)
Author: HCJ van Rensburg
Format: Physical Hardcopy
The changes that have taken place, and indeed continue to take place, in the post-1994 health sphere are often difficult to comprehend for both those inside and outside the South African health care system. These reforms can be confusing, even bewildering. What is the essence of the transformation? Where are the reforms heading? Health and health care in South Africa addresses these questions by presenting a coherent ?big picture? of health and health care in this country.
Health and health care in South Africa takes stock, chapter by chapter, of the evolving health system, along with the ensuing changes and challenges, and attempts to contextualise these developments historically and globally, and to critically assess them. It reviews progress and achievements, but also contemporary constraints and deficiencies in health performance.
Contents include the following:
Health and health care in South Africa is aimed at researchers and lecturers, as well as senior and postgraduate students in the health and health-related professions, the social sciences, and health planning, policy and management-related disciplines. It is also a valuable reference work for practising health professionals, health planners, policy makers and managers.
Features:
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National health care systems: trends, changes and reforms
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The changing biophysical environment: impact on health and health conditions
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HIV, AIDS and tuberculosis: trends, challenges and responses
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Health care expenditure: using resources efficiently and equitably
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Revitalisation and re-engineering of primary health care
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Hospitals and hospital reform
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Complementary and alternative medicine and traditional health care
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Medical ethics and human rights
Contents:
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Chapter 1 National health care systems: structure, dynamics and types
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Chapter 2 A history of health and health care in South Africa: 1652-1994
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Chapter 3 Transformation of the South African health system: post-1994
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Chapter 4 The health, environment and development nexus in South Africa
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Chapter 5 Health and health status of the South African population
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Chapter 6 HIV, AIDS and tuberculosis in South Africa: trends, challenges and responses
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Chapter 7 Human resources for health and the health professions in South Africa
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Chapter 8 Health care financing and expenditure: post-1994 progress and remaining challenges
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Chapter 9 Primary health care: nature and state in South Africa
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Chapter 10 Hospitals and hospital reform in South Africa
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Chapter 11 Complementary and alternative medicine and traditional health care in South Africa
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Chapter 12 Perspectives from bioethics on health care challenges for South Africa
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