TY  - BOOK
AU  - Boelen,Charles
TI  - The WHO “Towards Unity for Health” Strategy and the Social Responsibility of Medical Schools
PY  - 2003///.
							
N1  - 25
N2  - We may wonder why multiple endeavors conducted worldwide over the last five decades to reform health systems have not achieved their expected outcomes. In light of increasing fragmentation, current health systems must be replaced by a systemic vision along with the political will to create unity of action between the five main stakeholders: policy makers, healthcare service managers, professionals and professional associations, academic institutions, including medical schools, and civil society. Such synergy can only be established if the partners share the core values such as quality, equity, relevance, and cost-effectiveness in the healthcare field. Through their functions of providing education, training, research, and services, medical schools have the potential to induce reflection and stimulate action leading to a more coherent, effective, and equitable health system and policies
UR  - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-sante-publique-2003-HS-page-137?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
ER  -