An analysis of global health and healthcare
What the chapter is about
This chapter uses a Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats analysis (SWOT) to evaluate global health and healthcare and develop a critical approach to the subject of the book. This analysis is not be based upon a macroscopic global analysis but rather on the characteristics of specific regions. Many of the ideas introduced here are explored later in the book in more detail.
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The case studies from this chapter are from:
- USA
- India
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