HSS 2321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Improved Sanitation, Medicalization, Traditional Birth Attendant
15 Apr 2018
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Chapter 15: globalization & healthcare systems (*read lecture slides - important) Economic globalization effects are both detrimental & beneficial to health & healthcare of people. Changing the sovereignty of nation-states & geographic governing structures. Profit making supersede the state-level regulating equity, standard of health & living. Environmental sustainability of communities is challenged too. Linked to spread of various diseases; associated w/ climate change - rapid transmission of new disease. Supports extension of western knowledge & new techs of health, medical care - through global organizations such as the who. Process of global change are homogenizing med cultures, values - assisted in expanding medicalization & diffusing western biomed model - led to increases in life expectancy & decreases infant mortality. Who listed most important failure of biomed care systems: (pg 386) Fragmented & fragmenting care - unsafe care. A brief history of worldwide concern for health.
