Policy challenges in modern health care / edited by David Mechanic ... [et al.].

Contents Morality, politics, and health policy / James A. Morone -- Cross pressures / Theda Skocpol and Patricia Seliger Keenan -- The employer-based health insurance system / Sherry A. Glied -- Entrepreneurial challenges to integrated health care / James C. Robinson -- Fundamental sources of health inequalities / Bruce G. Link and Jo C. Phelan -- A public health approach to firearms policy / David Hemenway -- Tobacco policy in the United States / Kenneth E. Warner -- Patterns and causes of disparities in health / David R. Williams -- Addressing racial inequality in health care / Sara Rosenbaum and Joel Teitelbaum -- Still demanding medical excellence / Michael L. Millenson -- Preventing medical errors / Lucian L. Leap -- Improving quality through nursing / Linda H. Aiken -- Improving medicare for beneficiaries with disabilities / Lisa I. Iezzoni -- Specialization, specialty organizations, and the quality of health care / Rosemary A. Stevens -- Integrating people with mental illness into health insurance and social services / Richard G. Frank and Thomas G. McGuire -- Accountability for reasonable limits to care / Norman Daniels.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2004016589
ISBN0813535778 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0813535786 (pbk. : alk. paper)