Ideologies in the Swedish health sector today: the crisis of the social democracy
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Ideologies in the Swedish health sector today : the crisis of the social democracy. / Diderichsen, Finn.
In: International Journal of Health Services, Vol. 12, No. 2, 1982, p. 191-200.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Ideologies in the Swedish health sector today
T2 - the crisis of the social democracy
AU - Diderichsen, Finn
PY - 1982
Y1 - 1982
N2 - Sweden has a long tradition of social democracy and corporate cooperation. Social problems are treated as technological questions that always should be solved through rational and neutral means. Today Sweden faces a crisis of economy as well as a crisis of medicine. In the spirit of consensus, the state has proposed a new health reform emphasizing the responsibility of the public health service to prevent disease and provide equal access to care. It is claimed that improved health planning, based on epidemiological knowledge on inequalities, can solve the crisis in medicine within an improved system of primary care and prevention. However, in the context of the current economic crisis, the struggle against health hazards and cuts in public spending has intensified and the gap between the ideology of technological rationalism and reality has widened.
AB - Sweden has a long tradition of social democracy and corporate cooperation. Social problems are treated as technological questions that always should be solved through rational and neutral means. Today Sweden faces a crisis of economy as well as a crisis of medicine. In the spirit of consensus, the state has proposed a new health reform emphasizing the responsibility of the public health service to prevent disease and provide equal access to care. It is claimed that improved health planning, based on epidemiological knowledge on inequalities, can solve the crisis in medicine within an improved system of primary care and prevention. However, in the context of the current economic crisis, the struggle against health hazards and cuts in public spending has intensified and the gap between the ideology of technological rationalism and reality has widened.
KW - Adult
KW - Economics
KW - Female
KW - Health Policy
KW - Health Status Indicators
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Models, Theoretical
KW - Political Systems
KW - Public Health Administration
KW - Social Class
KW - Sweden
U2 - 10.2190/RFPA-JHT2-8VDA-WQ4Y
DO - 10.2190/RFPA-JHT2-8VDA-WQ4Y
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 7085143
VL - 12
SP - 191
EP - 200
JO - International Journal of Health Services
JF - International Journal of Health Services
SN - 0020-7314
IS - 2
ER -
ID: 40784544