Understanding health systems, health economies and globalization: the need for social science perspectives

Susan F Murray; Ramila Bisht; Rama Baru; Emma Pitchforth

doi:10.1186/1744-8603-8-30

Understanding health systems, health economies and globalization: the need for social science perspectives

Susan F Murray, Ramila Bisht, Rama Baru, Emma Pitchforth

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Abstract

The complex relationship between globalization and health calls for research from many disciplinary and methodological perspectives. This editorial gives an overview of the content trajectory of the interdisciplinary journal 'Globalization and Health' over the first six years of production, 2005 to 2010. The findings show that bio-medical and population health perspectives have been dominant but that social science perspectives have become more evident in recent years. The types of paper published have also changed, with a growing proportion of empirical studies. A special issue on 'Health systems, health economies and globalization: social science perspectives' is introduced, a collection of contributions written from the vantage points of economics, political science, psychology, sociology, business studies, social policy and research policy. The papers concern a range of issues pertaining to the globalization of healthcare markets and governance and regulation issues. They highlight the important contribution that can be made by the social sciences to this field, and also the practical and methodological challenges implicit in the study of globalization and health.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	30
Journal	Globalization And Health
Volume	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1744-8603-8-30
Publication status	Published - 2012

Keywords

Health Policy
Health Services Needs and Demand
Humans
Internationality
Periodicals as Topic
Social Sciences

UN SDGs

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