To explore the international context for healthcare policy and organisation of healthcare.
To understand contemporary issues and promotion of public health.
Learners should understand the political, social, and cultural issues that help to determine healthcare policy and be able to critically assess the policies and practices in one specific context.
Learning Outcomes
Understand healthcare policy formation in an international context.
Understand the social and cultural context of healthcare.
Understand healthcare provisioning.
Understand the role of public health and health promotion in the provision of healthcare services.
Understand contemporary issues in health and social care.