Description:
This book places care at the centre of an economics of health, showing how essential it is that care is appropriately recognised in policy as a means of enhancing the dignity of the individual. Drawing upon care theory from feminist works, philosophy, nursing and medicine, and political economy, the authors develop a health care economics with a moral basis in health care systems. In providing deeper insights into the nature of care and caring, this book seeks to redress the shortcomings of the standard approach and to contribute to the development of a more person-based approach to health and medical care in economics.
Review Quotes:
'At least in developed economies, the amount of resources devoted to health care is massive and growing. John B. Davis and Robert McMaster argue further that health care poses a major challenge to standard assumptions in mainstream economic analysis. They emphasise that the individual does not stand alone, and is embedded in a web of social relations, invoking varied and complex motivations. The impact of this challenging and well-argued book should spread well beyond health care economics alone.' -- Geoffrey M Hodgson, Research Professor in Business Studies, University of Hertfordshire, UK