Health Policy

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984831197Author Ellis M KnightFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint American Association for Physician LeadershipPublisher American Association for...

After the 1959 Cuban Revolution, hundreds of thousands of Cuban refugees came to Miami. With this influx, the city's health-care system was overwhelmed not just by the number of patients but also by the differences in culture. Mainstream medicine was...

Despite the existence of effective interventions, there are many developing countries which are not on track to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for health. In many countries, the delivery of health services is inadequate and one way of...

The last 10 years have seen a resurgence in interest and research around inequalities in the health sector. While a disproportionate share of the new research has focused on measuring inequality in the health sector, work is emerging on how to understand...

With the collapse of national health care reform efforts in the early 1990s, states emerged as a focal point for new policy and administrative developments in U.S. health care. This book provides a timely overview of the key issues facing states as they...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999487433Author Brian J DixonFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint 5th Weekend PublishingPublisher 5th Weekend PublishingWeight(grams) 159g

The LSE Companion to Health Policy covers a wide range of conceptual and practical issues from a number of different perspectives introducing the reader to, and summarising, the vast literature that analyzes the complexities of health policy. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984831050Author Ken TerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint American Association for Physician LeadershipPublisher American Association for Physician...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780981652801Author Michael J NewtonFormat HardbackImprint Michael NewtonPublisher Michael NewtonWeight(grams) 612g

Written by those in the know-exceptional nurse leaders in practice, education, and politics-this is a practical "how-to" guide written to help advanced students and nurse leaders develop health policy skills to advocate for patients from the...

This lucid and comprehensive book explores the ways in which the State, the market and the citizen can collaborate to satisfy people's health care needs. It argues that health care is not a commodity like any other. It asks if its unique properties mean...

New York. London. Paris. Although these cities have similar sociodemographic characteristics, including income inequalities and ethnic diversity, they have vastly different health systems and services. This book compares the three and considers lessons...

Outstanding Academic Title, Choice magazine The health care system in the United States has been called the best in the world. Yet wide health disparities persist between different social groups, and many Americans suffer from poorer health than people...

Is health care like the BC Ferry Service or Ontario Hydro? Lawrie McFarlane and Carlos Prado argue that health care is being treated as though it were just another public utility and that the present crisis in medicare has developed precisely because of...

In The Lost Art of Caring, Leighton E. Cluff, M.D., and Robert H. Binstock, Ph.D., bring together experts to address the importance of caring, the reasons why it has eroded, and measures that can strengthen caring as provided by health professionals,...

The existence of health inequities across racial, ethnic, gender, and class lines in the United States has been well documented. Less well understood have been the attempts of major institutions, health programs, and other public policy domains to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984523771Author William C RobertsFormat HardbackPage Count 220Imprint Baylor University Medical CenterPublisher Baylor University Medical...

Most Americans assume that universal access to health care is a desirable and humane political goal. Not so, says distinguished legal scholar Richard Epstein. In this seminal work, he explodes the unspoken assumption that a government-administered,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615618746Author Stephen T Parente Ph DFormat PaperbackPage Count 682Imprint Larry N./Smith, #M.D.Publisher Larry N./Smith, #M.D.Weight(grams) 984g

"The UN was not created to take mankind to heaven, but to save humanity from hell." -Dag Hammarskjoeld, United Nations Secretary-General 1953-1961 The turn of the 21st century was an objective low point in the history of human health: AIDS was...

As Congress contemplates major revisions to America's health care system, two leading health economists warn that significant differences among state Medicaid programs will hinder national health care reform. Thomas W. Grannemann and Mark V. Pauly argue...

"The papers assembled in this offering are the outcome of a path-breaking symposium on HIV and Human Rights organised by the University of the West Indies Cave Hill, in partnership with Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) and The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983995333Author Joe FlowerFormat PaperbackPage Count 326Imprint Change Project, IncorporatedPublisher Change Project, IncorporatedWeight(grams) 435g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692855386Author David WoodlockFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint David WoodlockPublisher David WoodlockWeight(grams) 299g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692415320Author David HogbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 338Imprint NcpprPublisher NcpprWeight(grams) 494gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 19mm

Since the introduction of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965, the American health care system has steadily grown in size and complexity. Muriel R. Gillick takes readers on a narrative tour of American health care, incorporating the stories of older patients...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983573906Author Glenn Troy MortonFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint Taylor, Levi, and Associates LLCPublisher Taylor, Levi, and Associates...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780975501832Author Lowell S LevinFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Golden Apple PublicationsPublisher Golden Apple PublicationsWeight(grams) 417g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780972600774Author Richard YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Novel InstinctsPublisher Novel InstinctsWeight(grams) 608g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780981652818Author Michael J NewtonFormat PaperbackImprint Michael NewtonPublisher Michael NewtonWeight(grams) 417g

Medicare is quickly approaching insolvency, in part because the program pays too much for the services it provides. In Bring Market Prices to Medicare, Robert F. Coulam, Roger Feldman, and Bryan E. Dowd propose a groundbreaking solution: Use market-based...

Dr. Scott W. Atlas examines the status of US health care under the Affordable Care Act and presents key reforms to meet the nation's significant health care challenges. Updated for 2020, the revised edition includes the facts about single-payer systems...

In this incisive account, a prize-winning social scientist offers deep insights into the changing terrain of U.S. politics and public policy. Because of far-reaching changes in the Reagan era, Theda Skocpol shows, the Clinton Health Security bill became...

The International Health Policy Program was established in 1986 by the World Health Organization, the World Bank, and the Pew Charitable Trusts to improve access to health services for the most disadvantaged people in developing countries. This volume...

When something health-related goes wrong, it typically impacts lives. It's not a broken computer, stalled vehicle, or a large home repair; it's a loved one's well-being on the line. In the middle of this angst, families are further burdened by exorbitant...

Essentials of the U.S. Health Care System, Sixth Edition is a clear and concise distillation of the major topics covered in the best-selling Delivering Health Care in America by the same authors. Written with the undergraduate in mind, Essentials of the...

"Healthy China 2030" is a national strategy for improving the health of the population and coordinating health and socio-economic development, and a major means for the country to participate in global health governance and meet targets set in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789290611714Author Carol AddyFormat PaperbackPage Count 79Imprint WHO Regional Office for the Western PacificPublisher WHO Regional Office for the Western...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789241549820Author World Health OrganizationFormat PaperbackPage Count 46Imprint World Health OrganizationPublisher World Health Organization

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788274772083Author Gunnar TellnesFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Oslo Academic PressPublisher Oslo Academic PressWeight(grams) 1010g