Health and Public Policy in New Zealand
Description:... Health and Public Policy in New Zealand explores the key changes that have occurred over the last fifteen years and, drawing on a body of rich case study material, makes a significant contribution to the study of health policy. The text is divided into three parts: Part I outlines and discusse the framework for analysing health policy, including various models and theories, policy-making processes, issues around Mãori health policy, and rsearch strategies; Part II looks at recent restructuring of the health system and explores the various factors that have influenced changes in health policy; Part III presents a series of illuminating case studies, covering mental health, general practice, hospitals and associated services, tobacco control, and alcohol policy.
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