E-book
Health care politics, policy, and services [electronic resource] : a social justice analysis / Gunnar Almgren.
This new edition of the AJN Award-winning textbook analyzes the most current health care reforms and their effect on our health system from a social justice perspective. It addresses the reforms of the landmark health care reform bill passed in March, 2010, and provides students of health care policy with a framework within which they can understand and evaluate our health system. The text provides a comprehensive description and analysis of the historical evolution and organization of our health care system that is framed by a forthright social justice critique. In addition to extensive cover.
Record details
- ISBN: 0826108881
- ISBN: 9780826108883
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (xv, 400 pages) : illustrations
- Edition: 2nd ed.
- Publisher: New York : Springer Pub. Co., ©2013.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Multi-User. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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 -- Prospects for just health care system reform : a political and principled analysis. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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| Genre: | Electronic books. Electronic books. History. |
