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Introduction: International Perspectives on Health Policy
Author(s) -
Weinberg Joanna
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
law and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.534
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-9930
pISSN - 0265-8240
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9930.00128
Subject(s) - multidisciplinary approach , bioethics , variety (cybernetics) , health care , scholarship , political science , health policy , ethical issues , health technology , social policy , engineering ethics , public administration , economic growth , law , economics , engineering , artificial intelligence , computer science
This special issue of Law & Policy examines legal, bioethical, and social science perspectives on the critical problems and choices arising from the rapid changes in the health care systems throughout the industrialized world. Advances in medical technology, the rising costs of health care, and the aging of the industrial populations have made health care a crucible for many of the broader policy concerns facing the world in the new millennium. The purpose of the special issue was for these issues to be addressed in a multidisciplinary forum, to add to the broader spectrum of socio–legal scholarship. Scholars from diverse countries examined a variety of issues from ethical, social science, and clinical perspectives.