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In this lecture, Philipp Trein, Visiting Scholar at the IES & Senior Researcher at the Department of Political, Historical and International Studies at the University of Lausanne, presents his book, which analyses how policies to prevent diseases are related to policies aiming to cure illnesses. The book argues that two factors lead to a close relationship of curative and preventative elements in health policies and institutions: a strong national government that possesses a wide range of control over subnational levels of government, and professional organizations that perceive preventative and non-medical health policy as important and campaign for it politically. The book provides a historical and comparative narrative of health policy in Australia, Germany, Switzerland, UK, and the US to substantiate this claim empirically. empirically.
In this lecture, Philipp Trein, Visiting Scholar at the IES & Senior Researcher at the Department of Political, Historical and International Studies at the University of Lausanne, presents his book, which analyses how policies to prevent diseases are related to policies aiming to cure illnesses. The book argues that two factors lead to a close relationship of curative and preventative elements in health policies and institutions: a strong national government that possesses a wide range of control over subnational levels of government, and professional organizations that perceive preventative and non-medical health policy as important and campaign for it politically. The book provides a historical and comparative narrative of health policy in Australia, Germany, Switzerland, UK, and the US to substantiate this claim empirically. empirically.
