LEADER 03023nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910454247403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-81269-2 010 $a9786611812690 010 $a0-8261-0479-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000576838 035 $a(EBL)423479 035 $a(OCoLC)437109829 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000169465 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11155071 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000169465 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10203380 035 $a(PQKB)10599290 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC423479 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL423479 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10265646 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL181269 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000576838 100 $a20060823d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHealth care politics, policy, and services$b[electronic resource] $ea social justice analysis /$fGunnar Almgren 210 $aNew York $cSpringer Pub.$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (364 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8261-0236-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 Critique 327 $aGlossaryIndex 330 $aDesignated 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 worker 606 $aMedical policy$zUnited States 606 $aMedical policy$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aSocial justice$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMedical policy 615 0$aMedical policy$xHistory. 615 0$aSocial justice 676 $a362.10973 700 $aAlmgren$b Gunnar Robert$f1951-$0856457 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454247403321 996 $aHealth care politics, policy, and services$91912676 997 $aUNINA