05112nam 2200613Ia 450 991081982170332120230126210108.00-8261-0888-1(CKB)2670000000335713(EBL)1123484(OCoLC)828793704(SSID)ssj0000833361(PQKBManifestationID)12430257(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000833361(PQKBWorkID)10935618(PQKB)11639238(MiAaPQ)EBC1123484(EXLCZ)99267000000033571320120606d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHealth care politics, policy, and services a social justice analysis /Gunnar Almgren2nd ed.New York Springer Pub. Co.c20131 online resource (417 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8261-0887-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. A Primer on Theories of Social Justice and Defining the Problem of Health Care; Defining the Problem of Social Justice; Alternative Theories of Social Justice; Concluding Comments: Alternative Theoretical Perspectives on "the Right to Health Care"; Notes; References; Chapter 2. Historical Evolvement of the U.S. Health Care System; Historical Evolvement of the Basic Components of the Health Care System: Hospitals, Doctors, Nurses, and Health InsuranceThe Historical Evolvement of the Federal Government in Health CareConcluding Comments: Prospects for Achieving Health Care Reform; Notes; References; Chapter 3. The Contemporary Organization of Health Care: Health CareFinance; Health Care Expenditures; An Overview of Health Care System Finance-Employment-Based Health Insurance; An Overview of Health Care System Finance-Public Financing of Health Care; Concluding Comments: The Large Presence of Public Dollars in the Financing of Health Care; Notes; ReferencesChapter 4. The Contemporary Organization of Health Care: Health Care Services and UtilizationThe Mixed Public/Private Structure of the U.S. Health Care System; The Resources of the U.S. System: Facilities, Technology, and Human Resources; The Health Care System Safety Net; Concluding Comments: The Paradoxical Underachievement of the U.S. Health Care System; Notes; References; Chapter 5. Long-Term Care of the Aged and Disabled; The Long-Term Care Services System; The Sustainability of Resources for Long-Term Care: Caregiving Labor and Public/Private FinancingDirections for Long-Term Financing PolicyConcluding Comments: A Social Justice Perspective on the Financing of Long-Term Care; Notes; References; Chapter 6. Disparities in Health and Health Care; Conceptualizing Disparities in Health and Health Care; Measuring Disparities in Health and Health Care; Social Characteristics Associated With Disparities in Health and Health Care; Disparities in Health and Burden of Disease: General Findings; Concluding Comments: The Deep Roots of Disparities in Health Care; Notes; ReferencesChapter 7. Social Epidemiology: Unraveling the Social Determinants of Disparities in HealthThe Discipline of Social Epidemiology; The "Fundamental Social Causes" Hypothesis; Income Inequality as a Social Determinant of Health; Theoretical Debates Concerning Income Inequality Effects; Concluding Comments: Social Epidemiology as a Tool of Social Policy; Notes; References; Chapter 8. Prospects for Just Health Care System Reform: A Political and Principled Analysis; The Social and Political Context of Health Care Reform; The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)Concluding Comments: Toward a Progressive Vision of Universal Health CareThis 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 coverMedical policyUnited StatesHistoryMedical policyUnited StatesSocial justiceUnited StatesMedical policyHistory.Medical policySocial justice362.10973362.10973Almgren Gunnar Robert1951-1605273MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819821703321Health care politics, policy, and services3930425UNINA