| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 530 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: public opinion on health policy / Robert J. Blendon [and others] -- Trust in government and health care institutions / Tami Buhr and Robert J. Blendon -- Attitudes about the U.S. health system and priorities for government action / Robert J. Blendon and John M. Benson -- Attitudes about health care costs / Mollyann Brodie [and others] -- Uninsured and efforts to expand coverage / Claudia Deane [and others] -- Massachusetts health reform law: a case study / Tara Sussman Oakman, Robert J. Blendon, and Tami Buhr -- Medicare and Medicaid / Elizabeth C. Hamel, Claudia Deane, and Mollyann Brodie -- Public opinion on prescription drugs / Claudia Deane and Mollyann Brodie -- Quality of care and medical errors / Mollyann Brodie [and others] -- Attitudes about HIV/AIDS / Mollyann Brodie [and others] -- Attitudes about abortion / Gillian K. SteelFisher and John M. Benson -- Attitudes about stem cell research / Gillian K. SteelFisher and John M. Benson -- End-of-life care / John M. Benson and Melissa J. Herrmann -- Public opinion and obesity / Sara Bleich and Robert J. Blendon -- Emerging infectious diseases / Gillian K. SteelFisher [and others] -- Pandemic influenza / Gillian K. SteelFisher [and others] -- Americans' views about racial and ethnic health care disparities / Mollyann Brodie, John M. Connolly, and Claudia Deane -- Views of African Americans and Hispanics on health policy / Kalahn Taylor-Clark and John M. Benson -- Women's perspectives on health care policy / Gillian K. SteelFisher, Tara Sussman Oakman, and John M. Benson -- Elections, partisan views, and health policy / Robert J. Blendon and John M. Benson -- Public opinion on health care reform through the prism of Obama's 2009-2010 reform effort / Claudia Deane [and others]. |
| Summary |
Objective analysis and comprehensive data on Americans' attitudes about key health-care issues. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Health surveys -- United States.
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Health surveys. |
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United States. |
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Medical care -- United States -- Public opinion.
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Medical care. |
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Public opinion. |
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Delivery of Health Care. |
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Attitude to Health. |
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Public Opinion. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Medical care. |
| Added Author |
Blendon, Robert.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: American public opinion and health care. Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, ©2011 9780872893849 (DLC) 2010030509 (OCoLC)462906620 |
| ISBN |
9781608712502 (electronic book) |
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1608712508 (electronic book) |
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9781452267272 (electronic book) |
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1452267278 (electronic book) |
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9781452240077 (ebook) |
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1452240078 (ebook) |
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9780872893849 (print) |
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0872893847 (print) |
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