Controversial Issues in Health Care Policy (eBook)

USA) Kronenfeld Jennie (Arizona State University (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

1992
200 Seiten
SAGE Publications US (Verlag)
978-1-4522-4631-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Experts agree--the U.S. has achieved the most technologically advanced medical care system in the world and it provides the highest quality, most comprehensive medical education available. Can we conclude that our health care system is one of America's success stories? It appears--we cannot. However, amid growing concern over our health care system, there is far less agreement on what to do about it. Jennie Kronenfeld addresses major health care controversies confronting American society, health care professionals, and policymakers. This intriguing book focuses on the overlapping area between policy sciences and health care studies, particularly the cost, access, and quality of health care. Kronenfeld discusses whether our system can solve its problems, or whether we have a health care "system" at all. Do we have a national health care "policy," or a web of state, county, and city policies? And, what of fundamental changes being adopted in the midst of the controversies surrounding reproductive health and abortion, mental health and behavioral health, disease patterns/physical health/AIDS, aging and long-term care, as well as the professions and facilities who provide care? A provocative examination of these important issues, Controversial Issues in Health Care Policy is essential reading for students of policy studies, health services, and sociology, as well as for policymakers, and health care professionals.

Inhalt

Introduction
Disease Patterns, Physical Health and AIDS
Mental Health Concerns and Behavioral Health
Reproductive Health Concerns and Abortion
Aging and Long-Term Care
Providers of Care
Health Professions and Health Facilities
Costs of Health Care
Quality of Health Care Technology
Access to Health Care Services and Suggestions for Health Care Reform

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.12.1992
• Reihe/Serie: Controversial Issues in Public Policy
• Reihe/Serie: Controversial Issues in Public Policy
• Verlagsort: Thousand Oaks
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Notfallmedizin
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Emergency Medical Services • health care management • Public Policy & Public Administration
• ISBN-10: 1-4522-4631-9 / 1452246319
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4522-4631-4 / 9781452246314