What is Public Health? Problems of Definition and Conceptualization

Scott L. Greer and Margitta Mätzke

Chapter 2 in Public Policy Challenges in Rethinking Public Health:Comparative Perspectives, 2024, pp 25-39 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The following sections are included:Introduction: The Swear JarMisplaced Concreteness in Public HealthConceptualizations of Public HealthConclusion: From Lamentation and Misplaced Concreteness to Political ScienceAcknowledgmentReferences

Keywords: Public Health; Covid-19; Pandemic; Health Care; Public Policy; Comparative Health Policy; Comparative Public Policy; Health Reform; Policy Reform; Sweden; Canada; Australia; France; The United Kingdom; The European Union; Croatia and Slovenia; The Russian Federation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I15 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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