Revised edition of: Global health care : issues and policies / edited by Carol Sue Holtz. Third edition. [2017].

Section I. Global health issues, policy, and healthcare delivery. Global health: an introduction -- Global health in developed societies: examples in the United States, Sweden, Japan, and the United Kingdom -- Developing countries: Egypt, China, India, and South Africa -- Global perspectives on economics and healthcare finance -- Section II. Special global health and healthcare issues. Human trafficking: the pandemic of modern slavery -- Social determinants of health -- Health and health care of Native Americans (American Indians/Alaskan Natives/Alaskan Indians) in the United States -- Global perspectives on mental health -- Global major neurological issues -- Global perspectives on selected chronic cardiovascular diseases -- Infectious diseases from a global perspective -- HIV/AIDS, stigma, and disclosure: a need for a human rights perspective -- Global use of complementary and integrative health approaches -- Global perspectives on diabetes, respiratory diseases, and orthopedic chronic diseases -- Global perspectives on violence, injury, and occupational health -- Global perspectives on nutrition -- Global perspectives on environmental health -- International social work practice in health care -- Section III. Life span health issues. Global health in reproduction and infants -- Global health of children -- Global health of the older adult -- Section IV. Worldwide health issues and trends by specific country. A unique perspective on health care in Panamá -- Health and health care in Mexico -- Health and health care in Israel.