This 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 th
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed by President Obama in March 2010 is a landmark in U.S. social legislation, and the Supreme Court's recent decision upholding the Act has ensured t
Altman (Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis U.) has been involved in health care policy since the 1970s. In this book for general readers and for students and practitioners of hea
Winner of an AJN Book of the Year Award! " Who has a right to health care?" What is the government's role? " How are corporations, insurance companies, and health care providers affecting the quality
This AJN award-winning textbook helps readers understand and critically assess the US health care system and policies.This AJN award-winning textbook helps readers understand and critically assess the
On a daily basis, religious forces are turning to schools, health care, media, the economy andmore with the agenda of establishing one faithperspective and its restrictions as the rule foreverybody. B
On any given day, policymakers are required to address a multitude of problems and make decisions about a variety of issues, from the economy and education to health care and defense. This has been tr
"Two towering figures in the field of health care policy analysis, Theodore R. Marmor and Rudolf Klein, reflect on a lifetime of thought in this wide-ranging collection of essays published in the wake
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed by President Obama in March 2010 is a landmark in U.S. social legislation, and the Supreme Court's recent decision upholding the Act has ensured t
Health care reform has been stalled since the Clinton health care initiative, but the political difficulties internal to that initiative and the ethical problems that provoked it -- of cost, coverage
How ought a society to distribute its publicly funded healthcare resources? Few questions are in more urgent need of an answer. This multidisciplinary investigation brings together the insights of phi
Featuring analysis of healthcare issues and first-person stories, Policy & Politics in Nursing and Health Care, 7th Edition helps you develop skills in influencing policy in today's changing h
