03023nam 2200613Ia 450 991045424740332120200520144314.01-281-81269-297866118126900-8261-0479-7(CKB)1000000000576838(EBL)423479(OCoLC)437109829(SSID)ssj0000169465(PQKBManifestationID)11155071(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000169465(PQKBWorkID)10203380(PQKB)10599290(MiAaPQ)EBC423479(Au-PeEL)EBL423479(CaPaEBR)ebr10265646(CaONFJC)MIL181269(EXLCZ)99100000000057683820060823d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHealth care politics, policy, and services[electronic resource] a social justice analysis /Gunnar AlmgrenNew York Springer Pub.c20071 online resource (364 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8261-0236-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. A Primer on Theories of Social Justice and Defining the Problem of Health Care; 2. The Historical Evolvement of the U.S. Health Care System; 3. The Contemporary Organization of Health Care: Health Care Finance; 4. The Contemporary Organization of Health Care: Health Care Services and Utilization; 5. Long-Term Care of the Aged and Disabled; 6. Disparities in Health and Health Care; 7. Social Epidemiology: Unraveling the Social Determinants of Disparities in Health; 8. Competing Agendas for Health Care System Reform: A Social Justice CritiqueGlossaryIndexDesignated 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 workerMedical policyUnited StatesMedical policyUnited StatesHistorySocial justiceUnited StatesElectronic books.Medical policyMedical policyHistory.Social justice362.10973Almgren Gunnar Robert1951-856457MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454247403321Health care politics, policy, and services1912676UNINA