Patrick Van Dessel
Biographic Data
| ID | 1445445 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patrick Van Dessel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patrick |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Dessel |
| SIGNATURE | VAN DESSEL P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The production of critical theories in Health Systems Research and Education. An epistemological approach to emancipating public research and education from private interests
This paper aims at offering alternative methodological perspectives in health systems research, to produce critical, theoretical knowledge in domains such as health policy and management of health care, organization of disease control, political economy of health and medical practice.We first examined the reasons to believe that worldwide economic agents have driven publicly funded schools of public health to adopt their preferred policies and to…
Revisiting health policy and the World Bank in Bolivia
This article analyses the influence of the World Bank on reforms of the health sector in Bolivia during the period 1986–2006, and assesses their impact on the health care delivery system to date. The article examines the transformation of health services undertaken by the current socialist government since 2006. A literature review and interviews with decision-makers critically examine the outcome of reforms on criteria linked to health system in…
International health policy and stagnating maternal mortality
This paper examines why progress towards Millennium Development Goal 5 on maternal health appears to have stagnated in much of the global south. We contend that besides the widely recognised existence of weak health systems, including weak services, low staffing levels, managerial weaknesses, and lack of infrastructure and information, this stagnation relates to the inability of most countries to meet two essential conditions: to develop access t…
Revisiting health policy and the World Bank in Bolivia
This article analyses the influence of the World Bank on reforms of the health sector in Bolivia during the period 1986–2006, and assesses their impact on the health care delivery system to date. The article examines the transformation of health services undertaken by the current socialist government since 2006. A literature review and interviews with decision-makers critically examine the outcome of reforms on criteria linked to health system in…
International health policy and stagnating maternal mortality
This paper examines why progress towards Millennium Development Goal 5 on maternal health appears to have stagnated in much of the global south. We contend that besides the widely recognised existence of weak health systems, including weak services, low staffing levels, managerial weaknesses, and lack of infrastructure and information, this stagnation relates to the inability of most countries to meet two essential conditions: to develop access t…
International health policy and stagnating maternal mortality
This paper examines why progress towards Millennium Development Goal 5 on maternal health appears to have stagnated in much of the global south. We contend that besides the widely recognised existence of weak health systems, including weak services, low staffing levels, managerial weaknesses, and lack of infrastructure and information, this stagnation relates to the inability of most countries to meet two essential conditions: to develop access t…
The production of critical theories in Health Systems Research and Education. An epistemological approach to emancipating public research and education from private interests
This paper aims at offering alternative methodological perspectives in health systems research, to produce critical, theoretical knowledge in domains such as health policy and management of health care, organization of disease control, political economy of health and medical practice.We first examined the reasons to believe that worldwide economic agents have driven publicly funded schools of public health to adopt their preferred policies and to…
Revisiting health policy and the World Bank in Bolivia
This article analyses the influence of the World Bank on reforms of the health sector in Bolivia during the period 1986–2006, and assesses their impact on the health care delivery system to date. The article examines the transformation of health services undertaken by the current socialist government since 2006. A literature review and interviews with decision-makers critically examine the outcome of reforms on criteria linked to health system in…
Political science (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Health care (2 works) · Health Policy (2 works) · International health (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Public health (2 works)