The Macro Politics of Health (Weeks 1-3) I suggest that you read the introduction (The Order of Things) and reflect on areas that you would like to research yourself. Use these readings to start you thinking and reflect on the macro political issues that affect you in your working life and ask yourself how and why? It may also be of interest to compare and contrast reform and macro political issues in health care as they change over time. It is expected that you would research beyond these readings into areas of interest for you and to inform your Theme 1 discussions. The readings below can be located in the Reading List, located in the Introduction section of this unit. The list is in no particular order, so take note of the author names and titles to locate the readings of interest. Readings Keast, K 2016, ‘Health budget cuts to impact long term nurse wages, Health TimesGardner, D 2012 “The future of the affordable care act: will we abandon health care reform” Nursing economics,Vol.30, no.1, pp.40-41,49.Keenan, K & Kennedy,K 2003 “The nursing workforce shortage: Causes, consequences, proposed solutions” April, Commonwealth fund, Issue brief.Gkiouleka A, Huijts T, Beckfield J, Bambra C, 2018, ‘Understanding the micro and macro politics of health: Inequalities, intersectionality & institutions- A research agenda, Social Science & Medicine, Elselvie Holland, P., Allen, B & Cooper, B., (2012), ‘What nurses want: Analysis of the first national survey on nurses’attitudes to work and the work conditions in Australia’, Department of Management, Monash University, www.anmf.org.auSisko A, Truffer C, Keenan S, Poisal J, Clemens K & Madison J, 2010 “National health projection spending projections: the estimated impact of reform through 2019, Health Affairs, Vol.29, no.10, pp.1933-1941.
