Description: Bringing together twenty-five of the nation's leading experts in health care policy and public health, this book provides a much-needed perspective on how our health care system evolved, why we face the challenges that we do, and why reform is so difficult to achieve. The essays tackle tough issues including: socioeconomic disadvantage, tobacco, obesity, gun violence, insurance gaps, the rationing of services, the power of special interests, medical errors, and the nursing shortage. Linking the nation's health problems to larger political, cultural, and philosophical contexts, Policy Challenges in Modern Health Care offers a compelling look at where we stand and where we need to be headed.
Review Quotes: A marvelous collection of ideas and insights by first-rate scholars. This book lays a foundation for more creative and effective policy-making.--Stephen M. Shortell "Dean and Blue Cross of California Professor of Health Policy and Management, Uni"