Globalization and Health

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: BENNETT, BELINDA (Editor), TOMOSSY, GEORGE F. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, And the New Medicine, 27
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Medicine.; Medical ethics.; Medical laws and legislation.; Sociology.; Social Sciences.; Sociology, general.; Medical Law.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Biomedicine general.; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics.

This timely collection explores ethical and legal dilemmas in healthcare arising from globalization. Conflicts between public interests and individual rights, the challenge of regulating professionals and access to health services, and the effects of a global market all feature prominently in contem...