Health care politics, policy, and services a social justice analysis

Almgren, Gunnar Robert 1951- (Author).

Summary: 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
ISBN: 9780826108876
ISBN: 0826108873
ISBN: 9780826199294
ISBN: 0826199291
ISBN: 9780826199492
ISBN: 0826199496
Physical Description: electronic resource
remote
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.