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Health care politics, policy, and services : a social justice analysis

Title
Health care politics, policy, and services : a social justice analysis / Gunnar Almgren.
Author
Almgren, Gunnar Robert, 1951-
Publication
New York : Springer Pub., [2007], ©2007.

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Description
xv, 347 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Medical policy > United States
  • Medical policy > United States > History
  • Social justice > United States
  • Delivery of Health Care
  • Health Services > economics
  • Health Services > history
  • Social Justice
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
ISBN
  • 0826102360
  • 9780826102362
LCCN
  • 2006027538
  • 9780826102362
OCLC
  • ocm71223047
  • SCSB-5297110
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries