International health in a globalized development perspective

Acting in a Globalized World: Marketing Perspective

Mental Health in International Perspective

and Interprofessional Study Group. (Single copies available free from the publishers, the World Federation for Mental Health, London.) This is a difficult book to review, although its quality is undoubted. But the topic is a vast and important one, since thcj attempt is made -to consider and discuss the changes and developments which have influenced mental health, in the widest sense, between 1...

The workforce for health in a globalized context – global shortages and international migration

The 'crisis in human resources' in the health sector has been described as one of the most pressing global health issues of our time. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the world faces a global shortage of almost 4.3 million doctors, midwives, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. A global undersupply of these threatens the quality and sustainability of health systems worl...

Globalization and International Service: a Development Perspective

This paper analyses the theme of international service (or international volunteering as it is perhaps better known in the UK) in relation to ideas about globalization and development and presents a framework for future research. Agencies such as the United States Peace Corps, the United Nations Volunteers or a range of specialised non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have long promoted volunt...

Quality in health-care – an international perspective

In the summer of 2001, the European Court of Justice ruled that patients in the European Union (EU) must be reimbursed for treatment in another EU state if the operation they need is recognised and they face delay in treatment in their own country1. The long waiting list in the UK means that many patients may well fulfil these criteria and, indeed, patients have already been sent to France and ...