Controversial Issues in Health Care Policy
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Controversial Issues in Health Care Policy

  1. 200 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Controversial Issues in Health Care Policy

About this book

Experts agree--the U.S. has achieved the most technologically advanced medical care system in the world and it provides the highest quality, most comprehensive medical education available. Can we conclude that our health care system is one of America?s success stories? It appears--we cannot. However, amid growing concern over our health care system, there is far less agreement on what to do about it. Jennie Kronenfeld addresses major health care controversies confronting American society, health care professionals, and policymakers. This intriguing book focuses on the overlapping area between policy sciences and health care studies, particularly the cost, access, and quality of health care. Kronenfeld discusses whether our system can solve its problems, or whether we have a health care "system" at all. Do we have a national health care "policy," or a web of state, county, and city policies? And, what of fundamental changes being adopted in the midst of the controversies surrounding reproductive health and abortion, mental health and behavioral health, disease patterns/physical health/AIDS, aging and long-term care, as well as the professions and facilities who provide care? A provocative examination of these important issues, Controversial Issues in Health Care Policy is essential reading for students of policy studies, health services, and sociology, as well as for policymakers, and health care professionals.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Series Editors' Introduction
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Chapter 1 - Introduction to Health Care Policy Issues
  6. Chapter 2 - Disease Patterns, Physical Health, and AIDS
  7. Chapter 3 - Mental Health Concerns and Behavioral Health
  8. Chapter 4 - Reproductive Health Concerns and Abortion
  9. Chapter 5 - Aging and Long-Term Care
  10. Chapter 6 - Providers of Care: Health Professions and Health Facilities
  11. Chapter 7 - Costs of Health Care
  12. Chapter 8 - Quality of Health Care Technology
  13. Chapter 9 - Access to Health Care Services and Suggestions for Health Care Reform
  14. References
  15. Author Index
  16. Subject Index
  17. About the Author