| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 347 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
A primer on theories of social justice and defining the problem of health care -- The historical evolvement of the U.S. health care system -- The contemporary organization of health care: health care finance -- The contemporary organization of health care: health care services and utilization -- Long-term care of the aged and disabled -- Disparities in health and health care -- Social epidemiology: unraveling the social determinants of disparities in health -- Competing agendas for health care system reform: a social justice critique. |
| Summary |
Designated a Doody's Core Title!. Winner of an AJN Book of the Year Award!.: Who Has a Right to Health Care?.; What Is the Government's Role in Providing Accessible Health Care?.; How Are Corporations, Insurance Companies, and Health Care Providers Affecting the Quality of Health Care?.; And, Most Importantly, Can We Reform the U.S. Health Care System?. We often debate these issues in health care policy or public health courses, yet we do so without the proper knowledge of the underlying structure of the U.S. health care system--or a framework by which it can be judged. Many health care worker. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Medical policy -- United States.
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Medical policy. |
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United States. |
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Medical policy -- United States -- History.
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History. |
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Social justice -- United States.
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Social justice. |
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Delivery of Health Care. |
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Health Services -- economics. |
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Health Services -- history. |
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Social Justice. |
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Socioeconomic Factors. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Almgren, Gunnar Robert, 1951- Health care politics, policy, and services. New York : Springer Pub., ©2007 0826102360 9780826102362 (DLC) 2006027538 (OCoLC)71223047 |
| ISBN |
9780826104793 (electronic book) |
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0826104797 (electronic book) |
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1281812692 |
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9781281812698 |
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0826102360 |
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9780826102362 |
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